Overview
Children’s Social Worker – Become a Children’s Social Worker for Bury and help with our Let’s Do it for Children vision. Apply for one of our Social Worker posts now!
Salaries range from £37,035 up to £42,708 subject to experience.
We are on a journey in Bury and doing things differently. Social Workers are an important part of our journey, and we promise to develop your skills and support your learning. We want the best talent in Bury and need practitioners who help influence the services we are developing. We want to help you to grow, deliver confident practice with protected caseloads and be the best you can be.
We are one of the first Authorities in the North-west to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding model of working with families, and training will be provided to learn new skills such as motivational interviewing. We are looking for passionate and committed corporate parents to support our Looked After Children.
Working collectively, we prioritise support, training and development to serve within a child centred practice. If you are enthusiastic about children, young people and their families and want to work and develop your practice, then we want to hear from you! If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you!
We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury. We want staff who can form relationships, see the strengths in families and build on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week, worked throughout the year.
Full time salaries are:
* Level 1 Social Worker (ASYE) £37,035 per annum.
* Level 2 Social Worker from £37,938 to £39,513 per annum.
* Level 3 Social Worker from £40,476 to £42,708 per annum.
Employee benefits
* Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).
* Pay increases in line with your continued professional development.
* Free parking where you work – worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations with no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.
* Opportunities to develop new and specialist skills.
* Innovative training and development opportunities.
* Supportive integrated teams and a friendly working environment.
* Professional supervision to a high standard.
* Local Government Pension Scheme.
* A range of attractive work/life balance policies.
* 26 days annual leave (rising to 31 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days.
* Employee discount scheme with local businesses in the borough, cycle to work scheme and car lease scheme.
* Employee Assistance Programme to support you through difficult times (e.g., free counselling, financial or legal advice).
Equality, safeguarding and next steps
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please ensure your application/CV covers your full employment history and note any gaps. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver consider our care experienced young people, promote their life chances, empower them to influence policies, services and decisions that affect them, champion their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way.
Benefits of working for Bury Council: We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements. We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises and embraces all people, and we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Kirsty Dimitrov on 0161 253 5491.
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