Social Worker - Family Support Team
Vacancy Details
Summary | |
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Vacancy Group: | Full Time Permanent |
Category: | Social Care |
Closing Date: | 18/02/2024 |
Date Posted: | 02/02/2024 |
Reference: | 06938 |
Description
Social Worker - Family Support
team
G09
£35,745 - £38,223 per annum
Are you a Qualified Social Worker
Looking for a new challenge to help improve people’s lives - if this sounds
like you, then look no further!
Wrexham County
Borough Council have an exciting opportunity within our Family Support
team as a social worker.
We are seeking an
individual who is committed to the outcomes of children and young people, who
is anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive and will advocate for children and
young people. You will need to be motivated and have good assessment skills -
if this sounds like you we would really like to hear from you.
Wrexham is a
rewarding place to work, we have various hours available, all
offered on permanent contracts. In return, you will receive a competitive
salary of £35,745 - £38,223 per annum, an attractive local authority pension,
progression and development to experienced social worker, provided certain
criteria is met, plus a Recruitment Incentive payment of £2,996.
Why join the Family
Support Team as a Children’s Social Worker?
The Family Support Team
provides statutory child protection services and family support services to
those children and families who have been assessed as requiring services to
meet the needs of vulnerable children, in order to promote their emotional,
physical and social well-being. The team also provides services to children who
are looked after, following procedures to initiate care proceedings in the
family courts and those who are going through private law proceedings.
We regularly hold
team lunches and celebrate events, from birthdays and anniversaries to
maternity leave and staff promotions. We have regular team meetings, supervision
and the very important informal discussions. These allow staff to decompress
and emotionally support each other by talking about any difficult cases they
encounter.
We recognise that
good quality health, safety and wellbeing is integral to a healthy work-life
balance, and we are proud to have created a positive environment where Social
Workers can achieve meaningful and impactful outcomes.
Additional benefits
you will receive as a Children’s Social Worker:
· Up
to 32 days annual leave per annum
· Access
to a relocation package of up to £5,000,
· Flexible
working options and our commitment to supporting health and wellbeing
· Detailed
induction programme
· Employee
Assistance Programme
This role supports
hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working
from an office base.
This Social worker
post in the Family Support Team attracts a recruitment incentive payment of
£2,996 as a welcome to the Council.
The payment is pro
rata for part time employees. The payment is subject to normal employee
deductions e.g. pension, NI and Tax and other terms and conditions apply,
please see the Recruitment & Retention Payment Guidance note for more
details.
Please view our
employee benefits available to you whilst working in the Council if you are
successful in your application (Working for us |
Wrexham County Borough Council)
An Enhanced DBS check
& Social Care Wales registration is required for this position.
The Council welcomes
applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender,
disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.
The Council is
committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from
candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and
Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will
not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
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Contacts | |
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Contact 1 | |
Contact Name: | Mike Jones |
Telephone: | 01978 298605 |
Email Address: | Mike.Jones@wrexham.gov.uk |