Reference: R0002605
Service Area: Children's Care
Directorate: Children's Services
Salary: £31,099 - £39,493 plus 15% market supplement (£4,803 - £5,924) once ASYE is completed **
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contractual Status: Permanent
To help us recruit social workers who are committed to working in Middlesbrough we are currently offering a 15% supplement to social work salaries. This additional 15% will be reviewed at the end of October 2023.
** Market Supplement details are as below:
Grade
SCP
Salary
15% Market Supplement Amount
Total Salary inc 15% Market Supplement
I Plus ASYE
25
£32,020
£4,803
£36,823
K
28
£34,723
£5,208
£39,931
29
£35,411
£5,312
£40,723
30
£36,298
£5,445
£41,743
L
31
£37,261
£5,589
£42,850
32
£38,296
£5,744
£44, 040
33
£39,493
£5,924
£45,417
The Pathways Team have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Social Worker.
Social workers within the Pathways Team are responsible for working with young people aged 15 to 25 years old, who are looked after and will support their transition into adult hood. You will be a crucial person in the young people’s lives and support them to be the best that they can be. Building relationships with our young people is critical in this role to support young people to develop to adulthood.You will provide an assessment of needs for young people who are preparing to leave care and the development of a pathway plan to meet these needs. The service provide advice and guidance to young people who are eligible, relevant and former relevant under the Children Leaving Care Act 2000.Our ambition for our children and young people is equally high with a workplace culture that has high expectations, high challenge and high support.Middlesbrough are fully committed to a developed improvement plan and are pleased to be working with our children, young people and their families, our employees and partner agencies to transform our social work practices and make a difference to the lives of the families and young people of Middlesbrough.Fast and exciting changes are being made to the service with new and innovative ways of working being introduced.Why work for Middlesbrough?Middlesbrough place a high level of importance on the development of our staff and the Centre for Practice Excellence ensure that all staff have access to high quality training, support and resources.
Middlesbrough Children’s Services is proud of having a strong and stable leadership team as this is key to driving improvements and innovative practice.
Alongside the vast range of benefits Social Workers in Middlesbrough will also have a managed caseload with strong support and regular supervision from Managers.
Our Centre for Practice excellence ensures that we offer extensive training opportunities including a managed AYSE programme where you will benefit from a dedicated AYSE manager and excellent support to our Social Workers through progression of career grades and job advancement.Based in the centre of Middlesbrough, you can benefit from free parking and flexible working including work from home with varying patterns including working 9 in 10 days or 4 in 5 giving greater work life balance to our practitioners.
Middlesbrough are also dedicated to employees Health & Wellbeing and have been awarded maintaining excellence in the Better Health at Work.You will be registered with Social Work England and prepared to work in various locations in Middlesbrough.The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.Closing Date: Ongoing
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