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Newly Qualified Social Worker on the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
04/09/2024
Advert End Date:
03/10/2024 23:59
Salary:
Salary - £33,945 per annum plus £1239 essential car user allowance for first year of employment
Job Category:
Social Work - Children Service
Vacancy ID:
268291
Employment Location:
Sandhill Centre, Sunderland
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
3 Oct
Further Information
Kick-Start Your Social Work Career with Together for Children!

Position: Newly Qualified Social Workers on the ASYE Programme
Salary: £33,945 per annum + £1,239 essential car user allowance


Are you a passionate and ambitious newly qualified social worker ready to make a real difference? Join our ‘Outstanding’ team at Together for Children and embark on a rewarding career journey!

Why Choose Us?
  • Outstanding Recognition: Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in 2021 for our stable, well-supported, and talented workforce.
  • Supportive Environment: Benefit from high levels of support and guidance from experienced Team Managers and Assistant Team Managers.
  • Professional Growth: Our Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme is designed to develop your skills, knowledge, and professional confidence.
  • Innovative Practice: We use the Signs of Safety model, with extensive training and support provided.

What We Offer:
  • Visible Leadership: Our senior management team is committed to creating a nurturing, learning environment with high support and high challenge.
  • Comprehensive Training: Extensive training and development opportunities through our dedicated Practice Development team.
  • Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements, agile working policy, and a good health and wellbeing programme.
  • Attractive Benefits: Free onsite parking, car lease scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, and flexi scheme.

Join Us and Make a Difference!

We welcome applications from those with Social Work England registration and those currently in an ASYE position with other local authorities. Our values—Child-Centred, Respectful, Creative, and Transparent—are at the heart of everything we do.

Application Details:

Start Date: January 2025 cohort 
Closing Date: Thursday, 3rd October 2024
Interview Date: Tuesday 8th October, 2024

For more information please email our Workforce Development Coordinator at lindsay.phinn@togetherforchildren.org.uk.

Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK”. 
 
Diversity and Inclusion:
 
Together for Children Sunderland are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we serve and support. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued, and our rich diversity is celebrated by everyone.
 
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our staff networks:
• Accessibility Network
• LGBTQ+ Network
• Racial Equality Network
 
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.

Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.

Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.

As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East