About The Job
Salary: NQSW Salary: NJC grade 9 £36,363 to £39,152 per annum & Social Worker Salary: NJC grade 10 £39,862 to £42,839 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Office base Horsham and travel covering the surrounding areas
Interview Date: 29th July
As a NQSW/Social Worker within a busy community team, your role will involve working adults with lifelong disabilities, including physical and learning disability and autism. You will have a varied caseload, undertaking high quality assessments and reviews including mental capacity act assessments, responding to safeguarding enquiries and providing an accountable social care service to those people who access or need the service. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant difference to our service users’ lives, although the challenges far outweigh the rewards. No two days will look the same; you’ll be working in and around Horsham with numerous colleagues and customers from all walks of life. You will need to take an organised approach whilst exercising your expertise with knowledge of policies and legislations to support those in need.
West Sussex County Council is proud to have an established programme in growing and developing our own Social Workers by providing the tools, knowledge and skills needed to succeed in this challenging yet highly rewarding career. Upon successful completion of your ASYE there will be continued support and development opportunities. We are passionate about career progression and have a range of opportunities from specialist roles to Senior Social Workers.
Benefits
- We will provide you with a full Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) which includes academic modules jointly delivered with our local partner university. These modules are specifically designed to provide the right support at the right time and are accredited at postgraduate level.
- You will receive quality supervision within your team, fantastic group supervision with your peers, which offers opportunities to share learning with others at the same point in their career as you.
- You will be able to access support from specialists when you need it and a varied training offer to complement your 1‑1 and peer supervision sessions. Our comprehensive programme of support for your ASYE will help you build firm foundations for a successful career in social work.
- Reflective and Best Practice groups held regularly.
- We promote Smarter Working practices, to empower staff as to how and when individuals work to meet their key responsibilities within the requirements and demands of their role.
- An opportunity to join us as Assistant Care Manager prior to your Social Work England registration.
- All West Sussex County Council (WSCC) employees have a WSCC location as their contractual work location, however we do operate a ‘Smarter working’ approach, this is something that you agree locally with your manager, for what works best for you, your role and your team.
Further Information
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Work England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.
West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.
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