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Job Introduction

Calling all Newly Qualified Social Workers – Come and join Surrey Children’s Services for your Assessed & Supported Year in Employment in September 2023!

The starting salary for this role is currently £33,796* per annum based on a 36-hour working week. (*subject to pay review & may increase by September 2023. Retention package also available on completion of ASYE).

We have the following roles currently available:

• Assessment Team & Family Safeguarding Team: Positions in the North West - office base Woking
• Assessment Team & Family Safeguarding Team: Positions in the North East - office base Walton on Thames/Weybridge
• Family Safeguarding Team, Children with Disabilities & Children Looked After Team: Positions in the South West - office base Guildford

The Surrey Children's Services Academy has created bespoke learning programmes for Newly Qualified Social Workers undertaking their ASYE, which ensures that everyone is well supported and supervised by experienced social work staff and Managers.

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker you will receive a development programme over the year that builds your knowledge base and embeds regular reflective supervision, provided by both your Team Manager and ASYE Assessor. Your ASYE Assessor will be an Advanced Social Worker in the quadrant in which you are placed. They will manage and assess your progress and guide you in the areas of practice and development identified for you.

NQSWs who undertake the ASYE programme at SCC will have access to and benefit from:

• Two weeks ASYE Induction programme
• Allocated Advanced Social Worker who will be the ASYE Assessor (separate to Team Manager)
• Monthly ASYE learning events focused on the Post Qualifying Standards in Social Work (KSS/PCF)
• Action Learning Sets
• Monthly 1:1 or group reflective supervision in between reviews with the ASYE Assessor
• Support from Best Practice Leads
• Two days a month Protected Development Time. One to attend the learning event and another to complete portfolio evidence and independent study
• A protected workload that reflects your newly qualified status and builds in volume and complexity over the year
• Access to Community Care inform (CCinform), Research in Practice (RIP) and Care Knowledge online research platforms
• Access to SCC’s workforce training programme & Surrey Safeguarding Childrens’ Partnership training programme
• Joining the ASYE Consolidation year programme at the end of your NQSW

To be considered for shortlisting for this role, your CV and personal statement will clearly evidence:

• A Social Work qualification such as a Degree, Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work
• Registered with Social Work England (or pending registration)
• Experience of working with children, young people and their families, e.g. voluntary work / transferable work experience skills / social work placements etc
• Hold a valid UK driver's license and have access to a vehicle
• You should have qualified within two years of the NQSW cohort commencing at the end of September 2023. If you qualified earlier than October 2021 your application will not be considered

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

Additional Information

This advert closes at 23:59 on Tuesday 20th June 2023.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with interviews commencing at the end of June onwards.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit. If your application is shortlisted, we will be able to discuss our locations and teams in greater detail with you at interview. If you have any immediate questions we'd be happy to try and answer these for you and encourage you to contact us on the details below!

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Siobhan Doyle by e-mail at [email protected].

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.