Walsall is implementing the Families First Programme, based on the National Children's Social Care Review and Stable Homes Built on Love. Within Safeguarding, we are also transforming our approach to ensure dynamic support for children and young people in our care as we implement the valuing care approach.
About the job
Within this role, you will be supported in developing your social work practice with senior practitioners and senior specialist social workers inspiring you in the work you do.
Our Offer
To provide the right conditions for you, we are committed to manageable workloads, high support from managers, essential paperwork only, enabling technologies, and all social workers will receive training in Systemic Family Practice.
Wellbeing is at the heart of our work. We offer specialised clinical supervision, a 9-day fortnight to support work/life balance, flexible working, and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support when it is needed. We know we need to make social work a career people want to stay in.
In this role, you will be supported to identify your specialisms and areas of interest, and access to training to develop your expertise in these areas. This forms a part of our ongoing commitment to your development, with opportunities to progress into Senior Practitioner, Consultant Social Worker, and Lead Child Protection Practitioner roles.
We are committed to anti-discrimination and equality and to developing a workforce that reflects the communities we service.
Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part-time, and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first-class pension scheme, and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.
Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment
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