Disabled Children\'s Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker, Permanent

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job description

Disabled Children's Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker - Permanent

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Disabled Children's Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker
• Job Location: Shire Hall
• Salary: £37,938 - £45,718 per annum subject to experience
• Hours per Week: 37
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 21/04/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 9988
• This post is open to job share

Gloucestershire is excited to share that we are investing in our Disabled Children's Service. We are expanding our team and are looking for Senior Social Workers/ Social Workers to join us.

Reward and support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between £37,938 - £39,513 for a Social Worker or between £40,476 - £45,718 per annum for a Senior Social Worker subject to experience
• welcome payment of £4,000*
• annual retention payment of £2,000*
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply)
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy
• paid SWE registration renewal

Right child, right support, right time, every time

We are working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

Gloucestershire Children's Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:

Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire's children's services. Significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About the role

As a Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker in the Disabled Children's Service, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people of Gloucestershire. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within the service and partner agencies, you will make sure we are able to provide support and protection for children and young people in need and at risk.

You will be part of a growing service which boasts a permanent and stable management team, committed to driving forward improvement and outcomes for disabled children and young people.

About you

As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• Social Work England/Wales registration
• a recognised qualification in Social Work
• to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
• a full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance

How to apply

For an informal chat about this role or to find out more please email or alternatively contact our dedicated recruitment team.

*Please note that our welcome payments and retention payments are subject to tax and national insurance deductions.

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable amount of applications or fill the vacancy/vacancies.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

DCS Social Worker Job Profile
Senior Social Worker Job Profile

This position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a customer-facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.