Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working
Salary up to £46,731 per year
About the Role
We are looking for experienced Social Workers who are passionate about providing a high-quality social work service to vulnerable children, young people and their families that positively promotes their welfare and life changes.
We currently have vacancies across the service, including our Children Looked After Team, based in our modern offices at Chelmunds Place, Chelmsley Wood.
As an experienced Social Worker in children in care, you will work with children and young people to ensure they do not remain in looked after care for longer than is necessary.
Our Social Work Teams also hold many long standing, incredibly knowledgeable and experienced social workers who are keen to share their expertise with others within our culture of continual shared learning and development.
For more information about all our teams, please click here.
Our Offer to You
Earn one of highest salaries in the region. In a recent independent analysis of pay data across the West Midlands, comparing our maximum grade salaries to 13 other local authorities we were proud to learn that our offering is in the top three for both Social Worker and Senior Social worker. Earn up to £45,441 per annum as a Social worker.
Manageable workloads – giving you the time to give dedicated support where it is needed.
You will receive guaranteed supervision every 5 weeks, to ensure you feel supported and are on the right track.
Local government pension with 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.
25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. We also offer the opportunity to buy up to 10 days of additional leave per year.
Flexible working in our modern refurbished offices.
Our Children's Social Care Academy provides training and coaching for practitioners, with year-round training to progress in your career. Working in partnership with Bournemouth University, we deliver academic programs in-house to help you attain the Practice Education Award at either Honours or Masters level.
We are ambitious in Solihull and are building a stronger Solihull for our children, families and workforce. Connecting Families is the name of Solihull Children’s Services practice framework. At its core Connecting Families demonstrates the beliefs, values and principles of restorative practice and gives us a consistent relationship-based way of practicing to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.
We believe that families and their connected networks are of primary importance and are the most important influence on improving outcomes for children. We believe that children and their family networks are experts in their own lives and that children and their family networks have strengths, on which they should be empowered to build and draw on through effective family decision making.
About You
You will be a Professional Social Worker, holding a Qualification and Social Work England registration. You will have significant post qualifying experience and you will be looking for a new challenge in a caring, forward thinking organisation.
You will be a solution-focused and capable worker, with a sound knowledge of current national and regional social work policies/practices. Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation, including a clear understanding of ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’.
You will hold a driving licence and own your own vehicle, as this is an essential car user post due to the demands of the job. For disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required.
You will also be committed to delivering a high-quality, transparent service and ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people and their families.
About Us
We place children and young people at the heart of all we do to enable them to achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives. This means our workforce needs to be effectively led, supported, and well trained. It’s our aim to offer high-quality supervision and guidance to all team members. This includes supporting you, as you support others in the team.
We pride ourselves on a strong culture of child-focused practice. This means transparency, cooperation, and a real commitment to the young people we will care for.
For more information about this fabulous opportunity to join our team, please click here.
Contact Us
If you have a specific question regarding these opportunities, please contact:
Deborah Adams, Team Manager, at deborah.adams@solihull.gov.uk
To apply, please click the link.
Your application should be in your own words and reflect your own personal experiences.
Closing Date: 5 January 2025
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