Assessing Social Worker FAST

Job title:

Assessing Social Worker FAST

Company

Somerset County Council

Job description

We’d also like to use analytics cookies so we can understand how you use our website and make improvements to your services.Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookiesSearchSearch Somerset CouncilPopular searchesJobPayment service unavailable – We are making important improvements to our payment system, so phone and online payments won’t be available from Tuesday 26 November to Wednesday 4 December.Assessing Social Worker FASTClosing in 16 days (5 December, 2024)Salary £29,289 to £32,818 per annum
Department Social Care
Working pattern Part Time
Location Somerset
Closing date 5 December, 2024About the job

• A commitment to your CPD through a bespoke learning and development programme.
• Somerset is amongst the top performing local authorities for services to children in the Southwest, after being officially rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.
• Permanent role with hybrid working options.
• Part time (30 hours) opportunity available.

We’re looking for an Assessing Social Worker to join our Fostering Service. We want exceptional Social Workers to undertake independent parenting assessments in Somerset.
We currently have a part time position in the Family Assessment & Support Team (FA&ST) which covers the whole of Somerset, assessing parents in specialist parent and child foster placements and in the community.You will be passionate about relationship-based social work, proud of your profession, and able to reflect and think creatively about how you can build relationships to make a difference to children and families. You will need to be a Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have substantial experience working with children and families in social work.We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

For further information about this role, please contact Maria Hargreaves£29,289 to £32,818 per annumWhen completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button – we can’t wait to hear from you.In this role you will require a criminal background check via Disclosure and Barring Service.Related informationIs this page useful? Yes NoThank you for your feedbackIf you’d like to send us more details about your experience you can use our feedback form. This will be used to make improvements across the website.CloseThank you for your feedbackTo help us improve somerset.gov.uk, we would like to know more about your website visit today. It would really help if you could fill in our feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes.CloseThank you for your feedbackGet in touchpage for more information and advice on how to get in touch with one of our support teams

Expected salary

£29289 – 32818 per year

Location

Somerset

Job date

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:25:56 GMT

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