Salary 27,394 - 29,854 per annum Permanent, Full time 37 hours per week Based in North of the County Interview date: 9th September 2016 Please note this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

SOCIAL WORK ACADEMY NEWLY QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKER

We’re hiring NQSWs to join our Academy and commence the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment from October.

Are you a Newly Qualified Social Worker?

West Sussex County Council is proud to have established its very own West Sussex Social Work Academy, where you will work with a wide range of cases, covering work from the Contact Assessment & Intervention, Family Support & Protection and Children Looked After Teams. Our current vacancies are based at Horsham

What is the West Sussex Social Work Academy?

We are revolutionizing the way we work within our Children Services and have launched the West Sussex Social Work Academy so that we can guide and steer NQSWs through that crucial first year of practice. Only the most promising and passionate advocates of children and young people who wish to work in frontline Child Protection Teams will be selected to take part in this programme.

What to expect from the West Sussex Social Work Academy

Let’s face it being a Social Worker is not an easy environment to work in, therefore the Academy will provide guidance and support as you embark on a challenging and hugely rewarding career helping to support children and families. You will be equipped and highly trained to become the best possible social worker with a phased approach to the volume and complexity of your workload.

The academy gives social workers a high level of support and supervision during their first year. At the end of this they will have developed the skills, experience and confidence to join our existing workforce and to protect and improve the lives of West Sussex vulnerable children.

What else to expect

• Reduced and protected caseloads
• Dedicated Training pathway – intensive for the first four months
• Regular reflective supervision
• Group supervision
• Dedicated holistic assessor to help oversee your development
• Support from experienced SW based in the team

What we are looking for

We need brilliant NQSW’s who inspire and deliver change all around them. That’s why we’re looking for talented, ambitious and passionate people like you to come and join us. You will need to be a Social Work graduate with the following attributes:

• A passion to improve the lives of children
• Ambition and motivation
• Able to work under pressure, excellent organisational ability and
• Be eligible for HCPC registration

Further information can be found at our dedicated website or you can contact Catherine Watkins Service Development Lead – Professional Practice: for an informal discussion.

To apply for this role please click ‘apply for job’ below and complete the online application form.

Previous applicants need not re-apply