The starting salary for this role is currently £36,817 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
A further financial package of £6,000 also available on completion of your Assisted and Supported Year in Employment with us.
We are currently welcoming Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) to join us as part of our Spring 2025 cohort. This is the first year we will be running two intakes of NQSWs, solidifying our commitment to investing in and nurturing the qualified social care workforce of the future.
Surrey is a large and vibrant county that borders with Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west.
We have opportunities to join a range of our children's teams which are located across the county. Please select your top 3 preferences from the current teams available as follows:
Assessment Teams- based in Weybridge, Woking and Reigate
Family Safeguarding Teams- based in Weybridge, Woking, Reigate and Guildford
Children Looked After Teams- based in Reiagte and Guildford
Adolescent Hub Teams- based in Weybridge, Woking or Guildfrod and Reigate
You will be required to travel to the office where your team is based and within a geographical area to undertake work with children, young people and families, to attend meetings and training as required. When not working with our children and families in the community, we support agile working with a combination of home and office working. We are keen to get the balance right of providing flexibility whilst maximising learning opportunities for you as a Newly Qualified Social Worker and responding to service needs.
NQSWs who undertake the ASYE programme will have access to:
Induction and Support
-A comprehensive ASYE Academy Induction programme and Team Induction.
-Allocated Advanced Social Worker as ASYE Assessor, in addition to the operational Team Manager.
-Graduated Supervision offer with increased support in the first six months.
-Graduated workload reaching a 90% allocation by the end of programme.
-Monthly one-to-one or group reflective supervision with ASYE Assessor.
-Access to our Children's Quality Practice and Performance Service to develop skills in social work practice.
Learning and Development
-Monthly ASYE Learning Events focusing on Post Qualifying Standards (KSS).
-Two days a month Protected Development Time.
-Access to Community Care inform, Research in Practice, and Care Knowledge learning platforms.
-Access to Surrey Safeguarding Children's Partnership training programme.
-Access to a secure SharePoint hub for collaborative working and access to up-to-date resources.
You are able to find out more about our other standard beneifts on our website
About the programme
Our Surrey Children's Services Academy ASYE programme for Newly Qualified Social Workers is a 12-month programme designed for you to embed learning from your studies and placements and to develop your professional skills and confidence for a career in frontline social work.
The programme is well resourced and supported by a capable team of permanent and experienced social work staff and managers. You can expect regular reflective supervision from both your Team manager and ASYE Assessor who will guide and support you to develop your knowledge base across various functional areas of practice.
In September 2023 Skills for Care, through their quality assurance report reflected that: "NQSWs at Surrey are active participants, throughout the life of the programme. From the moment of onboarding, the wellbeing of NQSWs is prioritised as they are made aware of the support structures available to them. NQSWs on the programme reported positive aspects which included support from their Assessors and teams, protected time for learning, reflective space, and training with other organisations".
When you successfully complete your ASYE programme with us, there will be an opportunity to progress your career with Surrey County Council and tap into our Post-Qualifying Year 2 programme which supports you beyond the completion of your ASYE.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
-You hold a Social Work qualification such as a Degree, Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (or will be about to obtain any of these)
-You are (or will be) registering with Social Work England and have permission to work in the UK following your studies
-Your experience of working with children, young people and their families, e.g. voluntary work / transferable work experience skills / social work placements etc
-That you qualified within two years of the NQSW cohort commencing in May 2025 (If you qualified earlier than October -2023 your application will not be considered)
We have both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
Contact Us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role via email at. This could be to discuss reasonable adjustments, understanding of the ASYE programme or Children's Services structures in Surrey and the opportunities available to you.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on Sunday the 16th of February 2025 with shortlisting planned for W/C the 17th of February 2025.
If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a face-to-face interview at one of our area offices. Interviews are planned for the 25th and 27th of February 2025.