Adult Social Workers and Senior Social Workers

3 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Suffolk County Council Full time

**Suffolk County Council - Recruiting countywide across Suffolk**:

- **Adult Social Worker **(Grade 5)**:£34,834 - £38,223** per annum (pro rata for part time)
- **Adult Senior Social Worker **(Grade 6)**:£38,925 - £44,305** per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Plus retention payments for 2, 3 and 5 years service of £1,000, £1,500 and £2,000
- **Full time and Part time hours available**:

- **Permanent**

Only an hour outside London, Suffolk is increasingly attracting talented people choosing a lifestyle that offers opportunities and variety.

We are looking to recruit qualified **Social Workers **and **Senior Social Workers**, who have a strong commitment to supporting their local communities and building links and networks for the people we work with.

We are a family-friendly organisation and we want to support you to find a **work-life balance**, motivating you to be the best Social Care professional that you can be.

We are committed to offering you **flexible working** options such as:

- part time hours
- permanent and temporary posts
- flexible working and hybrid working options
- retention payments for 2, 3 and 5 years service of £1,000, £1,500 and £2,000
- 6 protected days to undertake CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
- strong and diverse training offer
- supportive and experienced teams
- opportunities for development and career progression across the council
- inclusive and creative culture.

Join a service with Gold Social Work England award for Newly Qualified Social worker of the year and Silver award for our Dols Deprivation of Liberty Team.

If so, come and join us at Suffolk County Council where our staff are our greatest resource. With you in our team, we can achieve the authority’s priorities of enabling everyone to live long, healthy, fulfilling lives whilst safeguarding the most vulnerable people in Suffolk.

We are passionate about supporting you to progress your career in Suffolk and can offer you development opportunities such as Approved Mental Health Practitioner, Best Interest Assessor and Practice Educator

**You will need to**:

- be a qualified, registered social worker
- have completed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for grade 6 Senior Social Worker posts
- have good knowledge, understanding and experience of working with relevant legislation in practice.

**Your role**

You will:

- have the ability and experience to undertake innovative strengths-based assessments and care planning with individuals, carers, and their personal support networks.
- also be open to change, innovative and confident with a focus on strengthening social work; be ambitious about what people can achieve and keen to explore ideas for positive outcomes.

**Signs of Safety**

It is an exciting time to join our Social Care Service in Suffolk; we are striving to strengthen our service so that we provide a strong, reablement-focused model for the people of Suffolk.

We promote personalisation through our practice model, Supporting Lives and Connecting Communities, and have adopted the Signs of Safety model as a foundation throughout our service
- working with people and their networks using a safety, solution building and trauma-responsive approach.

This is your chance to become one of the select few Social Workers worldwide who are trained practising professionals in Signs of Safety; this will see you stand out from other Social Workers and enable you to develop and progress in your career.

For more information, visit:

- **What is Signs of Safety?** (**signsofsafety.net**)**

**Our approach**

Partnership working is strong and through joint care planning, we strive for a person-centred approach that supports people to be independent, resilient, and have choice and control.

We have strong, cohesive, and supportive management teams, who are committed to continuous professional development and have a reputation for changing services for the better.

**We recruit**

**across our teams in Suffolk Adult Social Care**:

- North Suffolk
- with bases in Lowestoft and Beccles
South Waveney, Lowestoft, Flexible Care and Support and Hospital-to-Home teams
- West Suffolk
- with bases in Bury St Edmunds, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Haverhill and Sudbury
Haverhill, Bury Rural, Bury Town, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Sudbury, Flexible Care and Support and Hospital-to-Home teams
- Ipswich and East Suffolk
- with bases in Ipswich, Woodbridge, Leiston and Felixstowe
Ipswich West, Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Hospital Discharge to Assess, Leiston, Flexible Care and Support, Felixstowe and Optimising Care and Support teams
- Mental Health
- with bases in Lowestoft, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
North, South, East, West, Review and Specialist Support teams
- Learning Disabilities and Autism
- with bases in Lowestoft, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
North, South, East, West, Review and Specialist Support teams
- Independence and Wellbeing Service
- with bases in Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswic

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