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SalaryPermanent contract | full-time 37 hours per week to include some evenings and weekends | £37,336 to £45,442 per annum depending on role and experience (Grade J/K) | Great Yarmouth
Social Worker – Family Assessment & Safeguarding Youth Team
Who cares that the job of a child protection Social Worker can be tough? We do.
In Norfolk we’ve invested millions to completely change our operating model and create the professional and emotional support around you that you need to do the job you trained for, to get the best outcomes for children and families, and to achieve a work-life balance that suits you.
We’re realistic about the challenges, but we’re passionate about how we can support you to meet them, so you can enjoy the rewards social work has to offer.
Applications are sought for the role of Social Worker within an exciting team working with children who have been deemed at risk of exploitation.
Do you have experience and knowledge of working with vulnerable adolescents and want to be part of an exciting team working across the County with our most at-risk adolescents?
We are looking for Social Workers who are creative and have a good understanding of The Children’s Act and want to be part of an exciting new service working with adolescents at risk of serious youth violence, criminal and sexual exploitation.
For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy please contact Team Manager Harlie Randall on 01493 448203 or Harlie.Randall@norfolk.gov.uk
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:
- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.
Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 26 March 2024
Closing date: 02 April 2024
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
