Children Looked Senior Social Worker COUNCIL

Part‑time Senior Social Worker – Children Looked After Team, Weybridge

We have a great opportunity for a part‑time Senior Social Worker to join our fantastic Children Looked After Team based in Weybridge for 21.60 hours per week.

Salary range: £28,285 – £30,705 per annum, based on 21.60 hours per week (pro‑rata £47,884 – £51,175). We also offer a financial package of up to £6,000 payable in 3 instalments across the first 18 months in post.

We support agile working with a combination of home and office working, ensuring flexibility while keeping you connected to your team and the service.

• We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (plus bank holidays)
• Option to purchase up to 10 additional days of annual leave
• Extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• Generous local government salary‑related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub with a wealth of resources
• Refer a friend payment of £1,000 as a thank you for finding the right Social Worker

We are proud of our recent Good Ofsted judgement, which marks a significant milestone for Surrey. The report highlights that "Children in care have trusting and positive relationships with their Social Workers. Social Workers use creative life‑story work to help children understand the reasons why they are in care." and "Staff are well‑trained and committed, feel highly valued and are proud to work in Surrey."

As a member of the Children Looked After Team, your aim and role will be to support children living with relatives, friends or foster families and prospective adopters or older children living in children’s homes and semi‑independent units. You will build sustainable relationships with them and plan for their permanence, ensuring their safety and supporting them towards independence.

Through regular visits, assessments and reviews of their Care Plan you will nurture and develop meaningful relationships, understand and interpret their wishes, and champion and support them to reach their full potential. Occasionally you will need to prepare reports and attend court. You will receive regular supervision and consultations with our Mental Health‑Focused Social Worker.

You will also work alongside other social workers, family support workers and partnership organisations such as health services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (New Leaf), independent reviewing officers and carers. Your career development will be supported by your management team and the Surrey Academy.

In Surrey you will have a sense of belonging within your individual team and the wider service areas. High quality supervision is committed to dedicating time to focus on your work with children and families, enabling you to work creatively and holistically with a child‑centred approach.

Your career development will be supported by your management team and the Surrey Children’s Service Academy, which currently offers over 60 courses and a bespoke learning programme for best practice.

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application should clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• Qualified Social Work degree and SWE Registration
• Car driver with a valid UK licence
• ASYE completed within two years of qualifying
• UK social work experience
• Three years post‑qualified experience

As Surrey has both urban and rural areas, locality‑based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area.

To apply you will need to upload your CV and answer the following questions (no more than 200 words per question):

• Please tell us what has motivated you to apply for this role?
• Please tell us about the key skills and experience you will be able to bring to this role.
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