Social Worker - Redhill, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Redhill, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The salary for this role is £36,282 - £40,146 per annum for a 36 hour working week.
If you're passionate about supporting young people achieving their best and are looking for an opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative team - look no further

Targeted Youth Support

Surrey County Council's Targeted Youth Support (TYS) Service supports some of the county's most vulnerable young people to ensure they have the best chance of thriving and succeeding as adults.

The service works with young people at risk of offending, familybreakdown, homelessness, sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation.

We provide help at the point when problems emerge, preventing the need for more specialist services further down the line.

We also hold the Youth Offending function for the county, supervisingyoung people in the Youth Justice System in Surrey.

Our Children's Services are on a rapid change journey with new management, innovative approaches and considerable energy.

We are determined that children, young people and their families will be at the centre of all we do and are changing our model of workto one which supports excellent children's services, with TYS providing targeted help services at the heart of our journey.

We believe that the welfare of children and their families is paramount.

Our team members are enthusiastic and supportive, committed to the provision of a quality services for young people and their carers and we are looking for people with similar qualitiesto join us to continue the good work already being done.

Your Role

As a Targeted Youth Support Social Worker you will provide experience and leadership for practice within the TYS Team, including assessment, management of risk and case holding.

You will work with some of the most complex young people and families that the service supports and as such
we are looking for social workers who have completed their post qualifying year and have substantial experience working with adolescents.

You will also support the training and mentoring of less experienced staff; providing guidance to preventthe escalation of young people to the Safeguarding Adolescent Team.

Surreys Children's service keeps on improving and with children at the heart of everything we do we share a passion, desire and commitment to become a high performing local authority and ultimately be recognised by Ofsted as Good and then Outstanding.

How we will support you:

Surrey is committed to supporting you both professionally and personally and we offer a number of benefits you can access in your time away from work.

A few examples of these include:

28?days annual leave, rising to 30?days after 5?years' service (plus bank holidays)
Access to our car lease scheme
Opportunity to join our competitive local government pension scheme
Family and lifestyle discounts via Surrey Extra
Smart Employee Eyecare free eye test and if required a free pair of discounted glasses, with no upfront costs to you
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering advice, support and helpful information on personal, family, work, financial, legal and health issues, plus one to one counselling with 6 free counselling sessions.
Fostering and adoption support

We understand that
the key to our success is our motivated and supported workforce who share our values and commitment to improving the lives of children in Surrey.

As such we have created a financial package that reflects our commitmentto our staff and how much we value their support to achieve our shared goals.

An unconsolidated welcome payment of £1,000 with a corresponding retention period of six months
A further unconsolidated retention payment of £2,000 on completion of six months service, with a corresponding retention period of twelve months
A final unconsolidated retention payment of £3,000 on completion of 18 months service with a corresponding retention period of two years

*Payment will be deducted from the final month salary should the corresponding tie in period not be completed.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 26th February 2023 with interviews to follow.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

**Our Commitment