Newly Qualifying Social Worker

Newly Qualifying Social Worker United Kingdom

Blackburn with Darwen Council
Full Time United Kingdom 31099 - 34723 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Job description

Are you going to be qualifying as a social worker in the upcoming months?

If so, we want to hear from you so we can share what we can offer you…..

  • An opportunity to put your training into practice in a safe and managed environment by starting with us as a Child Support Officer, without case holding responsibility pending your SW England registration
  • Building connections and relationships with managers and the families we work with
  • Co-working with experienced and dedicated professionals and building networks and relationships with other social workers
  • Regular support and sponsorship of our employees to access accredited development modules; developing practice and contributing to CPD
  • Protected time to allow you to complete mandatory training

As a Child Support Officer, you will help individuals and their families when they are going through difficult times. You could support children of all ages and their families, many of whom may have already experienced significant trauma.

On receiving your Social Work qualification and gaining Social Work England registration, you will move into a qualified Social Work position within Blackburn with Darwen and be supported to begin your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).

We work closely with universities and teaching partnerships and you can gain peer support from other newly qualified Social Workers (ASYE)

We pride ourselves in a fantastic ASYE year offer which includes:

  • A dedicated mentor from the Practice Development Team, with weekly mentoring sessions for the first 3 months, fortnightly in months 3-6 and monthly for the last 6 months of your ASYE
  • ASYE drop in support sessions weekly
  • Monthly protected time for ASYE peer support sessions, including peer reflection, CPD modules and time to work on your ASYE portfolio
  • Protected case loads of 15
  • Full induction programme
  • Full access to extensive internal learning and development opportunities
  • Support from our Practice Development Team with clear progression route from being a student through to senior leadership

Working at Blackburn with Darwen borough Council, you can make a difference to the lives of our residents and communities that we are proud to serve.

Our aim is to ‘Listen, Learn, Act’ as our employees are at the heart of our organisation. At recent briefings, employees fed back to us that they felt listened to around ideas, culture, transformation and new ways of working. From this feedback we have reshaped how our teams deliver services and embraced a systemic approach to working with families and children.

From this we have worked closely with our Employee Voice groups who have helped develop our new values of TRACK

Trust

Respect

Ambition

Collaboration

Kindness


By living and breathing these values, our employees will be working in an environment with a positive workplace culture and where all feel Proud to be BwD.

We know we cannot deliver our services and achieve fantastic results without our employees feeling happy, motivated and supported in their roles.

We recognise that diversity is a strength and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.


Job details

Job reference
REQ01440
Date posted
07/02/2023
Application closing date
31/03/2023
Location
Blackburn with Darwen
Salary
Grade F SCP 23 £30,151 until registered with SW England. Grade G £31,099 to £34,723 per annum once registered. Grade H SCP 29 £35,411 to SCP 33 £39,493 per annum once completion of ASYE
Package
Blank
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Council

Newly Qualifying Social Worker
Blackburn with Darwen Council

www.blackburn.gov.uk
Blackburn, United Kingdom
Harry Catherall
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
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