Salary Basis: Per annum
Leave Entitlement: 28 days
Application Deadline: 24/01/2025, 17:00
Anticipated Interview Date(s): W/B 03/02/2025
About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
Newly Qualified Social Workers (ASYE) Academy - Children
Do you have the potential to make a visible difference to the lives of children and their families to help us meet care and support needs across our borough as a Newly Qualified Social Worker (ASYE) at the London Borough of Sutton?
Salary: £40,755 - £48,531 (£50,574 unconsolidated maximum) per annum (grade 8) - Please note all successful applicants will be placed at spinal point 28 - £40,755 per annum
Full-time: 36 hours per week
The London Borough of Sutton is looking to recruit our next cohort of Newly Qualified Social Workers to start their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). We have a high success and retention rate of our previous cohorts. In fact, some of our earlier ASYE are now in management positions!
If you have recently completed or are currently in the process of completing your social work qualification (graduating in 2024) and are a motivated and committed individual with the passion and enthusiasm to embark on the challenge of working within a local authority, then we want to hear from you.
Sutton is a culturally diverse borough, with excellent links to central London and a range of staff benefits available, making it a great place to start your social work career.
About Us
Sutton’s Children’s Services are committed to delivering services that make a real visible difference for children and their families. We were judged as Good by Ofsted in the 2016 inspection, and our latest Inspection published in February 2022 rated us as outstanding for leadership.
The ASYE programme is delivered within a social work academy framework, designed to offer our Newly Qualified social workers the maximum opportunity to develop their practice and knowledge.
Our Offer To You
We’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential in a supportive, friendly, and collaborative environment. We offer a modern and flexible working environment, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working, providing improved work-life balance.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, including:
* Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time)
* Comprehensive learning and development programme
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Flexible working arrangements
* Wellbeing and counselling support
* Subsidised gym membership
Application Process
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities, and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile.
To support our diversity agenda and reduce bias in recruitment, our shortlisting process anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
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