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Reading
27/02/2026
ASYE Social Worker
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary
£35,412 (Plus a £8,000 market supplement)
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Region
Permanent / Full-Time
Job category/type
Children's Services, Social Work/Care
Date posted
17/02/2026
Job reference
DOC0043
Job description
X5 Full-time, Permanent
Are you a newly qualified Social Worker looking for a supportive and empowering start to your career? We're offering an excellent opportunity to complete your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) within a dedicated, child‑focused organisation that puts learning, development and high‑quality practice at the heart of everything we do.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
About the role
As a Newly Qualified Social Worker, you will hold a reduced caseload; the number of families you are working with will increase gradually with its complexity. You will be working in a trauma-informed, relationship- and strength-based way with a range of children and families supported through Children in Need, Child Protection and looked after Care Plans.
Responsibilities:
* Undertake assessments and co-produce plans that set out outcome focused goals that positively intervene in children's lives.
* To work in partnership with children and their families to address concerns that negatively impact on children's lives and to find sustainable solutions that support children to remain at home, where safe to do so.
* To support children when they are not able to remain in their parents' care and find alternative safe homes for them.
* Work within RBC practice framework; that being trauma-informed, systemic, and attachment-aware.
* Work within RBC policies, procedures and good practice guidelines to most effectively meet the needs of the children and families allocated to you.
* To develop and maintain positive working relationships with children, young people, families, and other professionals.
* To keep up to date with contemporary issues in children's social work, including legislation and evidence-based practice, and attend relevant training and development opportunities.
* To work within a multi-professional network of partners to gather information relevant to a child's welfare to inform assessments, care planning activities and jointly plan and deliver interventions.
* Maintain and update a child's electronic database to provide a clear understanding to a child as to their journey through statutory services. This will also refer to written reports and if required, give evidence in court about care proceedings.
Essential Qualification/Experience:
* Social Work Degree
* Registered with Social Work England
Please note that to apply for these posts, you must meet the following criteria:
* Anticipate the successful completion of your social work degree and subsequent Social Work England registration by 27/02/2026
* Have completed your social work degree within the last two years.
* Not have commenced or completed your ASYE elsewhere.
ASYEs will be offered:
* A diverse and reduced caseload and good quality reflective supervision by an external Practice Educator and work-based supervisor.
* Monthly group supervision and fortnightly Action Learning Sets.
* We are working with Buckinghamshire New University, which delivers the ASYE module, to enhance and consolidate your learning.
* You'll work in a friendly and collaborative environment where we are committed to delivering positive outcomes.
* We work within RBC Practice Principles that focus on relationship- and strength-based principles that is child-centred and focussing on the whole family that supports a child.
You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
* Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 30 days after 5 years' service and 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
* A wide range of flexible working opportunities
* Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
* Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
* On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
* Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
* Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
To arrange a confidential discussion on this position please contact
Closing Date: Friday 27th February 20226
Interview Date: Thursday 5th - Friday 6th March 2026
Interview Process: Face to Face, Question and Answer
ASYE Social Worker