Newly Qualified Social Worker

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your social work skills in a well-established, growing, Nationwide charity, supporting Foster Carers to look after the children and young people in our care.

For your first year in practice our friendly team will provide you with opportunities to develop your skills, your professional development will be reviewed regularly, enabling you to receive high quality feedback and coaching as you progress. We can offer you dedicated development time, a reduced caseload and an higher level of supervision - together we will support you to develop your knowledge, skills and confidence.

By investing in you and  by "growing our own" we aim to help new social workers to become the best they can be. We want to provide our children and families with consistency and we know how important relationship building is and this is reflected in the stability of our teams.

We are looking for applications from:

• Either, final year students (past mid-point of final placement)
• or, those who have successfully completed a Social Work degree or equivalent Social Work Qualification qualified and are registered with Social Work England

Where do you fit in?

• You’ll promote the safe care and development of our foster children so that they can achieve their full potential.
• You’ll get involved in the recruitment, assessment, and training of prospective Foster Carers, as well as pursuing suitable placements.
• You’ll help a diverse range of people - reflective of the communities we work in, and will play a key part in a friendly, supportive charity where you’ll be rewarded for your hard work and results.

What’s in it for you?

In addition to a competitive salary, a very generous car allowance, and out of hours allowance, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

•  30 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays and Birthday Leave
•  Pension
•  Membership with BUPA, Dental cover, and a range of family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity Pay
•  An Employee Assistance programme and a 35 hour working week – we work Monday to Thursday from 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4.30pm, a 4 day working week trial is currently in operation, working 32 hours per week over 4 days and paid for 5 days.
•  Plus a very generous car allowance (£4800 pa ) and out of hours allowance (£1200 pa)
•  Hybrid working pattern.