Social Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent full-time (37 hours) Social Work position within Connecting Care West.

Connecting Care West is an extremely supportive and friendly team with a plethora of experience. As a qualified and registered social worker, you will play an important role in helping vulnerable people live as independently as possible, supporting and signposting to empower people to be autonomous about how their needs are met. Part of this role will involve you taking responsibility for completing Care Act conversation assessments and developing person-centred and outcome-focused care and support plans. The successful applicant (if newly qualified) will be supported with progressing through a comprehensive ASYE programme to develop their practice.

Wakefield Adult Social Care has implemented a Social Work Career Framework to support the professional development of its social work practitioners. This enables Social Workers who have successfully completed the ASYE Programme to be considered for progression to the role of Experienced Social Worker which currently attracts a salary of Grade 9 - £34, to £37,

If you’ve already completed the ASYE Programme with your current employer, this must be evidenced at recruitment. Once you have consolidated your learning 2 years post ASYE Programme completion and demonstrated to us that you’re working at or significantly towards the level of an Experienced Social Worker as defined by the PCF, you are able to nominate yourself for progression with your manager's endorsement.

We follow hybrid working styles and we have flexible working in operation. For all informal enquiries please contact Rachael Midgley or Blessing Chinemelu on , we look forward to hearing from you.

Applicants for this role must be qualified to a Degree level or equivalent and be registered as a Social Worker with SWE registration. The successful person must hold a valid and current driver's license and have the use of a car. These are essential requirements for this role.

Why Wakefield Council?

We are a leading Council for best practice and an employer of choice for individuals seeking a rewarding role and career.

We offer a flexible full-time working pattern of 37 hours per week

29 days of Holidays plus 8 Bank Holidays.

Support and access to high-quality training offers to help progress your career to the next level.

We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff and we recognise that resilient Team need a good work/life balance as well as supportive leadership and support in the workplace.

Access to a range of employee support products.

Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Great range of benefits including discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program with a dedicated personal trainer, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, cycle to work scheme and many more.