The starting salary for this permanent role is £46,399 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
The position may be based at any of the four quadrant offices (Guildford, Woking, Weybridge or Redhill) with work predominantly focused in one geographical area. The work also offers a hybrid approach with considerable opportunities to work from home too.
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you will develop others and help them become the best social workers they can be? If you have a passion for supporting staff in their early careers and enjoy teaching, learning and development we are excited to tell you about a new opportunity for an Advanced Social Worker to join our fantastic Academy Team.
Rewards and benefits
- 28 days' holiday rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
About the team
Surrey Children's Academy are working in partnership to recruit, develop and retain a workforce that gives the best care and support to children, young people and families in Surrey. To achieve this we are invested in developing new social workers through different training pathways and supporting them in their early careers. This role sits within the team that supports social work students on placement within the Council and also provides assessment for newly qualified social workers (NQSW) on their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).
About the role
Our vision for the ASYE is that NQSWs are supervised by a Team Manager and assessed during their programme by a separate ASYE Assessor. The Assessor is an Advanced Social Worker with extensive work experience in a number of fields who will meet with the NQSW on a monthly basis, be one of the trainers at the monthly ASYE Learning Event and advocate for them to ensure that their volume and complexity of allocations is where it should be at each review stage - these occur at three, six and twelve months where formal reports are written by the Assessor.
We work autonomously with our assigned learners however, as a team together, the manager, our Advanced Social Workers and our Practice Educators all collaborate and support one another to deliver teaching and learning opportunities.
You may already have undertaken Practice Educator training, although if not this can be undertaken when in role. There can be considerable cross over between PE and ASYE roles.
Shortlisting criteria
To be considered for shortlisting, your CV and personal statement should clearly evidence the following:
- A Social Work qualification such as a Degree, Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work and registered with Social Work England
- Substantial experience of assessment and working with children, young people and their families within a statutory setting
- Ability to contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and promote positive working relationships in and across teams, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration
- Excellent partnership working skills
- Ability to write assessment documents, letters, emails and reports in a way that is clear and easily understood by anyone reading them
- Ability to cooperate and work well with others, support colleagues both within and outside of the team and contribute to the successful achievement of team goals, sharing information and learning whilst supporting others
- Ability and willingness to develop effective professional reflective supervision skills
Social Workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
Contact us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on Wednesday 26th June with interviews planned for 4th/5th July.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Our commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.