Senior Social Work Assistant

2 weeks ago


Taunton, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

**Some key information**
This exciting opportunity for a Senior Social Work Assistant to join the fostering recruitment and assessment team. You will focus on identifying and supporting potential foster carers through to fostering panel.
- Flexible working available, using a hybrid model - working from home and County Hall, Taunton.
- 25 days annual leave, raising to 28 after 5 years service
- Through efficiency, organisation and positivity you will ensure we provide excellent service and meet internal KPI’s and timescales, providing support to the Recruitment Co-Ordinator.
- Fixed term contract until 31/03/2025

There is a real potential to grow in the service and we are really keen to speak to individuals who are motivated to support in this part of the service.
**What will I be doing?**
We’re working to improve the lives of children and young people in Somerset - and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve:

- Proactive and timely response to potential carer enquiries.
- Completing initial home visits and making evidence-based recommendations.
- Supporting Assessing Social Workers with fostering assessments, including completing applicant checks.

**What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?**
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you have good IT skills, enabling effective input, manipulation and retrieval of data and other information.

You will need:

- Relevant childcare qualifications (NVQ3 or equivalent) or appropriate experience.
- To be literate and numerate to GCSE level/Level 4

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

**What's in it for me?**
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.

**Anything else I should know?**
The salary range for this role is £19,372 to £21,064 per annum for 30 hours per week

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further, please contact:
**DBS information**
This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Job Reference: SCC04761


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