Senior Social Work Assistant

2 weeks ago


Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

**Why should I choose Somerset County Council?**
Good question.

Well, for a start, we’re a hugely ambitious council, committed to improving lives for the residents, communities and businesses of Somerset.

And that’s why we’re working so hard to build a sustainable organisation with a culture that rewards, values and recognises our staff, and gives everyone here the opportunity to grow and develop, personally and professionally.

If you’re looking for a place where you work truly matters - where YOU truly matter - we might be just right for you.

We also promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.

We have an opportunity for a full time **Senior Social Work Assistant **within our **Assessment Team** in Mendip on a **24 month contract**.

**What will I be doing?**
We’re working to improve the lives of children in Somerset - and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve supporting Social Workers working with children and families. You will have the opportunity to support positive changes to children’s lives, and help to keep children at home, safely, within their families where possible.

We are looking for people who are passionate and enthusiastic to support qualified Social Workers to provide a high quality service for all children and families supported by our service.

We can offer you:

- Friendly and supportive teams to progress your career within Children’s Social Care
- Experience of working alongside Social Workers, and alternatively qualified Adult Focused Practitioners to support children and families.
- Strengths and relationship-based approach to underpin your work with children and families
- Regular high-quality systemic personal and group supervision with experienced Team Managers
- Flexible working within our teams, including consideration of part time working, 9 day fortnight and other flexible working approaches.

**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.

As a Senior Social Work Assistant, you will not have statutory responsibility, but will work directly with children and families and complete tasks of gathering information, building relationships, supporting parents, so you will need to have good relationship based skills. You will also be responsible for inputting information onto an electronic record so require a good standard of written skills and ability to use technology.

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 will I be offered in return?**
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 for this position is £21,968 to £24,054 per annum

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Team Managers** Andrea Harris on 07811 314926 or Lorraine Horler on 07775 027452.**

You will need to be living within easy distance to our office base within Shepton Mallet and you will need to travel to carry out the requirements of this post so will need a driving licence, and access to a vehicle for work purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.

From 1 April 2023 the County and District councils in Somerset will be replaced by a new single unitary authority - Somerset Council. It’s an exciting time to join us as we work together with the four district councils to deliver the new council for Somerset.

**DBS information**
This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.

Job Reference: SCC04098



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