Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work for an employer who places major importance on high quality supervision, wellbeing and career development?
At Buckinghamshire Council we have an opportunity in Aylesbury for a high-calibre experienced Social Worker in our Help & Protection team.
Our Help & Protection team in Aylesbury is an exciting and diverse team who offer plentiful support through fortnightly supervisions, weekly ATM supervisory group meetings and once a month peer supervision.
The Aylesbury team place high value on encouraging professional curiosity and ensuring Social Workers have a supportive network in which to help them manage the more complex cases.
This team offers superb management support with peers who are passionate and dedicated to working with us on our Improvement Journey.
If you are looking for a friendly, supportive team and will be committed to help us to improve the lives of children and families in Buckinghamshire then apply today!
Buckinghamshire is a successful, growing place with fantastic natural assets, a highly productive economy and many resourceful and thriving communities. However, we are far from complacent and our new and ambitious unitary authority is well placed to tackle the challenges associated with growth, an aging population, climate change and inequalities in both opportunities and outcomes – particularly for our children and young people.
Children’s Services is on an improvement journey and as our very recent Ofsted report shows, we have continued to improve despite the pressures of the pandemic and have built solid foundations for future success. Relationships with partners are strong and our collective response to the pandemic has strengthened and deepened our work together.
We have a big, ambitious agenda for Buckinghamshire, and our teams work collaboratively and at pace to make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people across the county.
Our fantastic Help & Protection teams work with children and young people who live at home in Buckinghamshire and who are on Child Protection or ‘Child in Need’ plans.
The key deliverable target for this part of the service is to ensure sustainable and secure change is secured for children. This can only be achieved through strong partnership work and good quality plans.
Assessments are based on the ‘Strengthening Families’ model of social work and the developing culture has a focus on families helping themselves to achieve change.
Our supportive Head of Service for Help and Protection is developing practice that reflects good assessment and social work based on inquisitive questioning.
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description.
To make a great Social Worker in our Help & Protection Teams, the ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice with children and families and be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England.
We offer manageable caseloads, agile working, and access to comprehensive training and reflective supervision.
Most importantly you will share our dedication and passion to improve the lives of children and young people.
Please see attached job description for more information.
We pride ourselves on our core values of being Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.
We work together to deliver the very best outcomes, with both our residents and employees being at the heart of what we do.
By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:
- A fair and inclusive culture
- The chance to really make a difference to those around you
- Health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
- A unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
- Ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
- Opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events.
Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements.
We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 26%.
We also offer a salary sacrifice personal car lease scheme and the opportunity to gain membership to Costco. We have discounted gym memberships, Travel discounts with Arriva and Chiltern Railways and much more - https://jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/working-buckinghamshire-council/
Social Workers are also entitled to a generous enhanced reward package, as follows:
- Competitive salary with a market increment
- A ‘Golden Hello’ lump sum payment upon successful completion of probation
- New lease car scheme
- Free parking across all sites
- Annual leave up to 30 days per year, as well as other types of leave and the opportunity to buy further leave
- Up to 15 days per year training, learning and development offer
- Free parking across all of our office sites
If you are interested in relocating to Buckinghamshire and working with us, relocation packages are available. Please enquire with our Resourcing Team for more information: resourcing@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.