Adults Newly Qualified Social Workers Huntingdon, England
Job description
Social Work graduates, our Adult Social Care services want you!
If you’re looking for an innovative and supportive employer to start your social work career with, then Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council is the place to be.
We’re recruiting now to the 2023 cohort of Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's Adult’s services.
We have opportunities in a range of services including Transfer of Care, Adult Community Team, Learning Disability Partnership and Mental Health. Our 0-25 Service including Children with Disabilities and Young Adult's Teams also falls within our Adult Social Care Teams. Please specify on your application if you have an interest in our 0-25 Service.
The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 26th February. Interviews will be held week commencing 13/03/2023
So that you can learn more about our ASYE programme, we welcome you to attend our introduction event on Wednesday 8th February at 16:00. To sign up to this event please visit http://bit.ly/3DiPnBP.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact [email protected]
About youWe’re committed to innovative ways of working and welcome like-minded people to join our dedicated and motivated workforce.
Our roles are based across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Flexibility will be needed as to where you are deployed, to give you the very best ASYE experience.
The cohort of teaching is planned to start in September 2023 and candidates are required to have registered with Social Work England in order to start their ASYE. However, you may be employed in an alternatively qualified social care role until your degree results are obtained after which you can then register with Social Work England and register to start your ASYE.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
Our benefitsWe offer an excellent package of support for NQSWs, building a strong foundation to your professional social work career, including:
- High quality, regular individual and group supervision
- A structured training programme
- Action learning sets to help you translate your knowledge and skills into live practice
- Support from a dedicated ASYE co-ordinator during your first year in employment, alongside your manager and ASYE assessor
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits including:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
Please note for Cambridgeshire County Council Social Workers in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) will be appointed to a spot salary of £35,433. On successful completion of their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment they will be moved to point 1 of Grade P1 £36,333.
For Peterborough City Council Social Workers in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) will be appointed to a salary grade between £31,099 and £34,723.
