Adolescent Social Worker/Senior Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

Job Description

We have opportunities to join our Safeguarding Adolescent Teams (working with children aged 12 and above) based across Surreyin Woking, Guildford, Walton on Thames & Redhill.The salary range for Social Workers is£35,382 - £39,246per annumand£40,227 - £44,619 per annumfor Senior Social Workers. We also offer afinancial package of up to £6,000.We recognise that looking for your next Social Work position is a really important step in your career and were here to make that transition a positive one. Our commitment to applicants is to remove barriers and to understand more about you, your motivationfor working in childrens social care and why youre proud to work for such a valuable profession.Take a read and we hope, youll be just as excited to speak to us as we are you.About working with Safeguarding Adolescents: Working with families predominantly with children and young people aged 12 plus whose main concern is contextual safeguarding, neglect, on the edge of care or family breakdown including beyond parental control. The Family and Adolescent Safeguarding aimsto help parents tackle the challenges in their lives that impact on their parenting. The workers in the team will work with families to build on strengths and enable them to make changes so that children and young people can remain in their care. This is astrong emphasis on relationshipsrelationships with workers and family, relationships within families, relationships within the Family Safeguarding or Adolescent team.Family and Adolescent Safeguarding teams share the resource of the adult mental health workers, domestic abuse practitioners and officers, and substance misuse workers. Our approach is about more than simply introducing adult workers; it is about creatinga structure of truly integrated practice; this includes formal and informal group case discussion/supervision. This approach promotes the sharing of different perspectives to create a more informed understanding of how to help families and create an attainableplan to support them.One Voice:In Surrey, you will have a sense of belonging within your individual team but also the wider service areas and directorate. You will receive high quality supervision, as there is a firm commitment towards dedicating time that focusses on the work you dowith children and families, to enable you to work creatively and holistically in providing support and protection to children whilst also paying attention to your wellbeing and career development. This creates a sense of purpose and fulfilment with a clearpathway to achieve your future aspirations.Wherever you are in your career journey, Surrey is committed to supporting and nurturing you so that you can be the best version of yourself.Our Surrey Childrens Service Academy currently has over 60 courses available and offers a bespoke learning programme so you can be at the forefront of best practice. Modules such as motivational interviewing and our total respect course allow you to feelempowered in having essential conversations whilst still ensuring a child centred approach to your practice.How we will support you:Surrey is committed to supporting you both professionally and personally and we offer a number of benefits you can access in your time away from work. A few examples of these include:

• A competitive relocation package
• We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
• 28days annual leave, rising to 30days after 5years service (plus bank holidays)
• Access to our car lease scheme
• Opportunity to join our competitive local government pensionscheme
• Family and lifestyle discounts via Surrey Extra (discounts on everyday shopping with shopping cards and vouchers for Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer, Primark and many more high street retailers. Plus voucher codes, cinema tickets and rewardpoints, holiday offers and weekend breakaways, and lots more!
• Smart Employee Eyecare - free eye test and if required a free pair of discounted glasses, with no up-front costs to you!
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programmewhich offers advice, support and helpful information on personal, family, work, financial, legal and health issues, plus one to one counselling with 6 free counselling sessions.
• Fostering and adoption support

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about thevalues we follow.For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can helpshape our Council.You can find out more about the range of benefits we offer by visiting Surrey staff benefitsFancy a chatOur friendly teams could talk your socks off when it comes to all things Social Work. Wed love to hear from you and find out more about what youre looking for so if youd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to .uk and well get a call arranged.We look forward to hearing from you! Job DetailsAdditional InformationThe job advert closes at 23:59 on the 21st September 2022.Interviews will take place on the 13th and 29th September 2022.An enhanced DBS Disclosure and Barring Service check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Childrens and Adults Barred List checks will be required for this role.Our CommitmentSurrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflectingthe community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.