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Salary If you are a reflective, proactive, and resilient Social Worker and have the desire to make a real difference, ensuring children and their voices are at the heart of everything you do, Peterborough could be the place for you!
Our purpose as a Corporate Parent is to focus on achieving permanency, long term stability for Children and successful transitions into adulthood for our young people. We have high aspirations for our children, and we want to achieve the best outcomes.
Working with a child’s network, we proactively support them using SMART goals and a trauma informed and nurturing approach to achieve personalised outcomes.
We are committed to recruiting, developing, and supporting outstanding Social Workers, that is what our children need to reach their potential.
We will invest in you to enable you to do your best work with your children.
What we offer:
Competitive pay with retention bonus
Car lease scheme
Pension scheme
Mileage expenses at 45p per mile.
Reimbursement of Social Work England professional registration fees, currently £90 per year
Generous relocation package of up to £8,000
25 days annual leave
Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme
Hybrid working
Staff recognition and Staff award and celebration events
A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager
A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
Clear progression pathways including; Practice Educator and Age Assessor opportunities
If you like a challenge and want to work in an authority where you can see and feel the difference you are making, then please give us a call.
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Team Manager, Lauren Smith on lauren.smith@peterborough.gov.uk or call on 07920160373
This is a rolling campaign, and we will review applications daily so please don't wait for the closing date to apply. Candidates will be progressed shortly after they apply, and the opportunity will be filled as soon as we identify a suitable candidate, which may be before the closing date. So please don't hesitate, apply today.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.
