* Salary: Social Workers up to £46,700 (inclusive of a 12.5% market supplement)
* Contract: Permanent
* Closing Date: Apply by 28 April 2025
Location
Brighton
Job Summary
Job reference: Positions available 2
Working hours
* Working hours: 22 - 37
Job category
* Job category: Social Work - Children
Organisation
* Organisation: Brighton & Hove City Council
Job introduction
Are you a qualified and experienced social worker? Do we sound like the kind of organisation in which you would like to progress your social work career? Social workers consciously choose to work in Brighton and Hove, resulting in exceptionally low levels of temporary or short-term staff. Staff are drawn by the strong commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and the relationship-based practice model. They value the highly supportive, child-centred environment in which they practise and feel that the responsibility for children is shared. Management oversight is thorough at all levels and social workers value the individual and group supervision within each of the small discrete teams. Social workers benefit from regular and relevant training and have manageable, mixed caseloads, giving them the time needed to build and sustain relationships with children and families to achieve change when necessary. Social workers know their children very well and talk about them with great affection, warmth, and care.
The interviews will be in the week commencing 12 May 2025. If there are any days that you cannot attend in that week, please state this on your application at the end of your shortlisting questions.
We are interested in hearing from people who want to work full-time or part-time and have family-friendly policies including flexible working. We strive to give you the time and active support you need to make a real difference to children’s lives. Our pod model is based on providing emotional containment, including a supervision model of weekly group supervision, 1:1 supervision, and Reflective Practice Groups for practitioners and managers at every level, as well as a clear CPD pathway.
For these posts, you must hold a Professional Social Work Qualification and be registered as a social worker with Social Work England.
As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role set out in the person specification.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only. We support flexibility and employee wellbeing while providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work-life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team, and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background, as well as those who identify as disabled, male, or trans.
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
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