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SalaryNewly Qualified Social Workers / Social Workers
SO1 (SCP 23 – 25) £32,076 – 33,024 pa (NQSW)
PO1 (SCP 27 – 30) £35,745 - £38,223 pa (Social Worker Level 2)
PO3 (SCP 32 – 35) £40,221 - £43,421 pa (Experienced Social Worker)
1 x 37 hours per week (NQSW)
1 x 37 hours per week (Social Worker Level 2 / Experienced)
1 x 12 month temporary maternity leave (NQSW) (37 hours per week)
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Based at locations across the District
Adults with Disabilities and Neurodiversity Teams
We appreciate your interest in working with Bradford Council.
Here in Bradford, great things happen. A vibrant community, innovative businesses, and institutions make up our large, young, and diverse city. At the heart of the North, the district possesses unmatched potential, a growing pipeline of talent, and an exceptional quality of life. A thriving urban district with award-winning public realm, but also two-thirds rural, boasting beautiful landscapes, and open spaces on its doorstep; the district offers opportunities for leisure and lifestyle.
A dynamic cultural sector is central to Bradford's vision for social and economic inclusion. There is an impressive cultural heritage in the district as well as a diverse and exciting contemporary offer with world-class writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists, and foodies.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our forward thinking, rights-based Adults with Disabilities and Neurodiversity service. We have a team of skilled, dedicated, friendly and supportive staff who are committed to upholding people’s human rights through their social work practice. However, as our service evolves, we are looking for enthusiastic Newly Qualified Social Worker colleagues to continue to develop and provide a high quality service for our clients.
You will have a strong commitment to human rights at the heart of social work practice and will know and understand the importance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. You will not want to make any decision without the person you are there to support being in control and being enabled to fully participate.
We are seeking Newly Qualified Social Workers for our Adults with Disabilities and Neurodiversity Service
Team info
The team, work with young people and adults with learning and physical disabilities including those who are neurodiverse or autistic, their families, and other organisations to uphold their rights, build on their strengths and ensure they remain connected to what is important and local to them.
The aim is to support people to remain in control of their lives, and live at home with people they love, remaining as independent as possible. This involves safeguarding their rights, respecting their autonomy and using the flexibilities within the Care Act and Care and Support statutory guidance to enable people to self-direct their support.
What support would we offer you
As a Newly Qualified Social Workers we will offer you an Assessed Supported Year in Employment to support you to confidently make the transition from student to fully autonomous professional Social Worker. You will bring enthusiasm, strong values and the relational skills to successfully enable young people and adults with disabilities and their families to tell you about their wishes, feelings and beliefs and how they would want you to support them to meet the hopes and ambitions they have for their own lives.
It is an exciting time to join us in Bradford. We have a strong senior leadership team with a clear vision of embedding quality of practice across the Bradford District. We have a Teaching Partnership with the University of Bradford and Bradford College and a supportive ASYE programme for newly qualified practitioners. Alongside this we have a wide range of Continual Professional Development opportunities to support your practice and develop your skills including a Mental Capacity and a Workforce Development service which provides professional practice leadership.
You will have :
- A Social Work Degree and be registered with the Social Work England as a qualified Social Worker.
- A values base that believes adult social work practice is there to uphold and safeguard rights.
- Ability to support, develop and inspire through your enthusiasm and interest in others.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on the information available, ensuring effective relationships with other professionals and Social Workers and their commitment to supporting people with learning disabilities.
What can Bradford Council offer you?
Bradford Council offers a range of attractive benefits to employees including belonging to the excellent West Yorkshire Pension fund, an outstanding Employee Health and Wellbeing service, opportunity to take up several discount schemes and, if appropriate, a relocation package to a successful candidate. There are additional benefits such as:
- The induction process, mentoring, and support of experienced colleagues.
- Support professional development through training and dedicated monthly CPD time.
- A flexible, hybrid approach to working.
- Generous annual leave allowances.
- Bradford Council offers travel benefits for various modes of transport to employees.
- Fantastic Corporate Clubactive gym discount.
- Our recently introduced employee benefits and shopping discounts scheme ‘Vivup’.
This platform gives you access to:
- Exclusive shopping discounts
- 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP)
- Free will writing.
Join Team Bradford!
Successful qualified NQSW candidates will require Social Work England registration
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
For further information regarding this post please contact Kirsty McLeod Service Manager Kirsty.mcleod@bradford.gov.uk
Closing Date: 23rd April 2024
Please find the Job Profiles attached:NQSW Job Profile.docSocial Worker (Level 2) Job Profile.docExperienced Social Worker Job Profile.doc
