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SalaryAs Director of Children's Services, I am passionate and care about the rights and needs of all children and young people. Enabling and supporting children and young people to aspire, achieve and believe in themselves, regardless of the adversity they may have faced is the ultimate ambition and outcome I want for them. To achieve this outcome, I am equally passionate on improving services for Dudley Children and Young people. It is clear there is a real commitment from politicians, partners and staff to making a real difference to ensure that children are at the heart of everything we do. Dudley Council is committed to protecting vulnerable children and families in need of support and protection.
Catherine Driscoll, Director of Children's Service
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: Grades 8 to Grade 10
Dudley is an ambitious local authority and a great place to develop your career.
Our transformed Children's Services put children's needs at the very heart of all that we do and we are looking for passionate, innovative, dedicated and determined Social Workers to join new teams and help us deliver better outcomes for the children and families we serve.
Children's Services brings together approaches across social care, public health and education. Multi-disciplinary teams deliver the wide range of initiatives to support families and provide early help.
Alongside our learning and development offer, through our Centre for Professional Practice, we have developed a career pathway for all Social Workers. Our well established programme supports not only newly qualified Social Workers but also invests in continuing professional development through our membership of (url removed) West Midlands Teaching Partnership and our bespoke and enhanced training programme.
This offer is proving to be a progressive and exciting path for staff that is swiftly seeing performance improvements and innovations that are making big differences to our children, young people and families. Our reshaped council and reshaped service offers a great opportunity for you to influence and develop as we accelerate the pace of change. We want the best people to travel with us and to reap the rewards along the way.
We are recruiting Qualified Social Workers with a minimum of 12 Months post-qualifying experience.
We aim to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can achieve a healthy work/life balance. We are serious about our responsibility for personal and professional development and look to ensure that staff are equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed. The Councils Benefit Package is designed to boost and maintain the health, wellbeing and general quality of life of all our staff.
Security and support at work
We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that staff are paid fairly for the work they undertake and have the flexibility to enjoy a great work life balance. We offer:
- A competitive salary package, including a career progression scheme
- A range of flexible working options, including flexitime and home-working, dependent on service requirements
- A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
- The Local Government Pension Scheme
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme - whatever life throws at you, we are committed to supporting you
- Bullying and Harassment and Dignity at Work policies to protect your everyday working life
Your professional future
We invest in our staff, to enable them to develop personal and professional skills and progress in their Social Work Career.
All new employees receive a comprehensive induction, training and development programme, with regular opportunities to update their skills and achieve their full potential. We welcome fresh thinking, recognise real talent and encourage innovation and ingenuity.
We train staff at all levels. We have huge range of training opportunities, through the Centre for Professional Practice Service. We encourage and support Continual Professional Development, with opportunities to attend external training, secondment opportunities, and earn extra qualifications through the Apprenticeship Levy.
We are recruiting Qualified Social Workers with a minimum of 12 Months post-qualifying experience.
Connect2Dudley, part of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
