This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
PAY AWARD PENDING AT 3.3% salary will increase to £43,149 - £48,738 per annum/pro rata for part time
Are you a Social Worker passionate about working with people to promote independence, dedicated to making a difference and looking for your next career move?
We would love to hear from you!
We have a full time Senior Social Worker position available in our Learning Disabilities Team.
The Senior Social Worker role could be the perfect next step of your career; with this role offering you more challenge and complexity, without the added management responsibility. We look to our Senior Social Workers to provide expert social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk. You will work closely with a range of professionals and more senior managers to ensure a balance of support and independence is achieved, through offering expert evidence-based opinion.
The post is based in Shire Hall, Gloucester and we offer flexible working with a mix of office and home working. To find out more about working in the Learning Disabilities Team, visit the ‘Meet our Teams’ page.
As a Senior Social Worker, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Gloucestershire. To join us, you must:
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role!
Why Gloucestershire?
Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Gloucestershire County Council. You can be confident of becoming part of welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive teams.
Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:
We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean. For interested professionals located in Wales and Scotland, please contact us to discuss your application
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile. This should include examples of why you should be considered and evidence of the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.
For an informal discussion with the team manager, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Senior Social Worker Job Profile
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship for this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK that enables them to commit to at least six months’ employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.
*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
We want Gloucestershire to be a county where everyone can live a healthy life, get a good education and job and feel proud of their area.
We aim to make sure everyone is treated fairly, can access opportunities and services easily and feels welcome in a kind, caring community.
Find out about working for us and our current vacancies - www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/jobs
