Social Workers - Safeguarding Team

Social Workers - Safeguarding Team

Social Workers

Permanent

Grade 4 - £32,076 - £39,186 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

In addition you will receive a Recruitment & Retention Payment - £5,000 per annum (paid monthly over a 12month period, pro rota for part time staff) and a Golden Hello payment - £1,000, (upon external appointment).

Working 36.5 hours per week

We will also consider part-time working and Newly Qualified Social Workers

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the City Wide Safeguarding Team based within various locations city wide.

Successful candidates will work across busy multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate social work practices.






You will work as part of the community social work teams to deliver on person centred practices where citizens are enabled to exercise choice, control, independence, and build resilience with a focus on prevention and early intervention, positive risk enablement, making safeguarding personal, and partnership intervention, in accordance with the Care Act 2014.

You will have demonstrable social work experience, the ability to work positively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in partnership with other stakeholders, together with an interest in and skills to work within the specific constituency based or city-wide multi -disciplinary team. You will require the ability to produce reports and the resilience to deliver under pressure within required timeframes.

We also offer;

- Family friendly policies
- A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme.
- 29 days’ annual leave increasing with length of service,





plus the option to purchase additional days.
- Reimbursement of professional fees
- Golden Hello payment - £1,000 (upon external appointment)
- Recruitment & Retention Payment - £5,000 per annum (paid monthly over a 12month period, pro rota for part time staff)

You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.







We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: Danielle Parker [email protected]

Ref: BCC2317

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.







Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) would be required to hold a relevant Visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

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