We have opportunities to join our Safeguarding Adolescent Teams (working with children aged 12 and above) based across Surrey in Woking, Guildford and Walton on Thames.

When not working with our residents in the community, we are keen to support agile working with a combination of home and office working. We are keen to get the balance right of providing flexibility but ensuring you feel connected to your team and the service.

The salary range for Social Workers is £39,355 - £42,053 per annum. We also offer a financial package of up to £6,000 which is payable in 3 instalments across your first 18 months in post.

We recognise that looking for your next Social Work position is a really important step in your career and we're here to make that transition a positive one. Our commitment to applicants is to remove barriers and to understand more about you, your motivation for working in children's social care and why you're proud to work for such a valuable profession.

About working with Safeguarding Adolescents:

Working with families predominantly with children and young people aged 12 plus whose main concern is contextual safeguarding, neglect, on the edge of care or family breakdown including beyond parental control. The Family and Adolescent Safeguarding aims to help parents tackle the challenges in their lives that impact on their parenting. The workers in the team will work with families to build on strengths and enable them to make changes so that children and young people can remain in their care. This is a strong emphasis on relationships - relationships with workers and family, relationships within families, relationships within the Family Safeguarding or Adolescent team.

Family and Adolescent Safeguarding teams share the resource of the adult mental health workers, domestic abuse practitioners and officers, and substance misuse workers. Our approach is about more than simply introducing adult workers; it is about creating a structure of truly integrated practice; this includes formal and informal group case discussion/supervision. This approach promotes the sharing of different perspectives to create a more informed understanding of how to help families and create an attainable plan to support them.

One Voice: 

In Surrey, you will have a sense of belonging within your individual team but also the wider service areas and directorate. You will receive high quality supervision, as there is a firm commitment towards dedicating time that focuses on the work you do with children and families, to enable you to work creatively and holistically in providing support and protection to children whilst also paying attention to your wellbeing and career development. This creates a sense of purpose and fulfilment with a clear pathway to achieve your future aspirations.  

Our Surrey Children's Service Academy currently has over 60 courses available and offers a bespoke learning programme so you can be at the forefront of best practice. Modules such as motivational interviewing and our total respect course allow you to feel empowered in having essential conversations whilst still ensuring a child centred approach to your practice. 

How we will support you: 

Surrey is committed to supporting you both professionally and personally and we offer a number of benefits you can access in your time away from work. A few examples of these include: 

• A competitive relocation package 
• We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee 
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service (plus bank holidays)
• Access to our car lease scheme 
• Opportunity to join our competitive local government pension scheme
• Family and lifestyle discounts via Surrey Extra (discounts on everyday shopping with shopping cards and vouchers for Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer, Primark and many more high street retailers. Plus voucher codes, cinema tickets and reward points, holiday offers and weekend breakaways, and lots more!   
• Smart Employee Eyecare - free eye test and if required a free pair of discounted glasses, with no up-front costs to you!   
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - which offers advice, support and helpful information on personal, family, work, financial, legal and health issues, plus one to one counselling with 6 free counselling sessions.  
• Fostering and adoption support  

Fancy a chat? 
 
Our friendly teams could talk your socks off when it comes to all things Social Work. We'd love to hear from you and find out more about what you're looking for so if you'd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message and we'll get a call arranged. 

The job advert closes at 23:59 on the 18th of Spetember 2023.

Following the closing date, if your application is shortlisted you will be contacted by our CFL Workforce Team within 5 working days. They will be able to advise on interview arrangements and can support in answering any questions you may have.

You will need to be registered with Social Work England and have the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of the role.