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Social Worker (Children's)


Cornwall Council


Location

Cornwall | United Kingdom


Job description

Social Worker (Children's)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Social Work in Cornwall 

Make a difference – Children’s Social Work in Cornwall

‘Cornwall’s ambitious, outward-facing senior leadership team promotes a strong culture of learning and development. It has made excellent use of learning from research, best practice and peer reviews.’

‘Social workers have a very good understanding of the children they work with; they visit them regularly and ensure that their needs are holistically well considered’

‘Staff development is delivered through an effective and well-targeted workforce development framework. Staff morale is high.’

OFSTED 2019 – OUTSTANDING GRADING

The Service & Team:

Social workers make a real difference to the lives of children in Cornwall. We believe that the children of Cornwall deserve the very best. We put their needs at the heart of everything we do and we are looking for people who share our determination to improve their lives and make a brighter future. If you believe in humane, relationship-based social work with children and families we offer the opportunity to develop your social work career in an innovative and ambitious children’s service in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.

The Role:

We have opportunities for passionate, committed Social Workers across Cornwall in both full and part time roles. We have opportunities available within:

Further information about our teams is available  here. Please let us know in your application if you are seeking full/part time roles and which teams you are most interested in.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

What you’ll need to succeed:

You will be a social worker registered with Social Work England who will have:

If your experience as a social worker is within another sector (such as Adult Social Care or the Voluntary sector), we provide additional support to transition into children and families social work through a supported induction period.

Please note:  If you have qualified within the last 2 years, but not completed your Assessed and Supported Year of Employment (ASYE) we would welcome your application as a Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) in order to access Cornwall’s ASYE programme which runs twice yearly. You would need to apply for our NQSW adverts which are advertised separately.

ABOUT US
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year.  Find out more about working and volunteering for us .

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here -  flexible working options .

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young  people and adults at risk.  It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.


Job tags

Full timePart timeLocal areaFlexible hours


Salary

£33.62k - £43.63k per annum

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