The starting salary for this role is currently GBP35,401 per annum based on a 36-hour working week. A further financial package of GBP6,000 also available on completion of ASYE.
We are currently welcoming Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) to join us as we start to build our NQSW cohort for 2024.
Surrey is a large and vibrant county that borders with Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west.
We have opportunities to join a range of teams which are located across the county:
We are currently remodelling our Adolescent Service, we will be able to provide further details about these teams and their locations upon request.
You will be required to travel to the office where your team is based to undertake work with children, young people and families, to attend meetings and training as required. When not working with our children and families in the community, we support agile working with a combination of home and office working. We are keen to get the balance right of providing flexibility whilst maximising learning opportunities for you and responding to service needs.
NQSWs will have access to:
Our Surrey Children's Services Academy ASYE programme for Newly Qualified Social Workers is a 12-month programme designed for you to embed learning from your studies and placements and to develop your professional skills and confidence for a career in frontline social work.
The programme is well resourced and supported by a capable team of experienced social work staff and managers. You can expect regular reflective supervision from your Team manager and ASYE Assessor who will guide and support you to develop your knowledge base across various functional areas of practice.
In September 2023 Skills for Care, in their quality assurance report reflected that: "NQSWs at Surrey are active participants, throughout the life of the programme. From the moment of onboarding, the wellbeing of NQSWs is prioritised". We are rightly proud of the feedback from Skills for Care and equally keen to support the 2024 cohort of NQSWs in the same way.
Upon successful completion of your ASYE there will be an opportunity to progress your career with Surrey and tap into our Post-Qualifying Year 2 programme.
For shortlsiting your application will clearly evidence the following:
The job advert closes at 23:59 on the 29th of May 2024 with shortlisting planned for W/C the 3rd of June 2024.
Face to face interviews are planned for W/C the 17th of June and 24th June 2024.
We are committed to promoting supportive and inclusive recruitment. If your application is shortlisted, interview questions/ themes will be shared with you in advance, to help support with your preparations.
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.