Newly Qualified Social Worker 2023

Do you want to make a positive difference for the children, young people and families? If the answer is yes, Nottingham City is the place for you. Nottingham is a vibrant and diverse city. As a Council, we are ambitious and pushing for Nottingham to be national leaders on a number of fronts so that our city, our communities and our services are the best that they can possibly be. We are a city with a lot to offer.

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference and we are a disability confident employer.

What can you expect?

Becoming a Newly Qualified Social Worker with us means you will benefit from being part of a positive working environment and culture, where you will be welcomed and supported to make a difference to the lives of children and families.  

We pride ourselves on delivering good outcomes for children and families and are committed and passionate about using evidence-based programmes. 

We have invested in the use of therapeutic, multi-systemic approaches to work with families to achieve long lasting change and support frontline social work practice. As a Newly Qualified Social Worker you will:

• Hold a Social Worker Qualification
• Undertake our well-renowned Assisted Year programme (AYSE - recognised by the British Association of Social Workers)
• Have the opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge and capability
• Strengthen your professional confidence
• Receive focused support and supervision
• Hold a manageable caseload  

You will undertake a full range of social work duties to include duty and screening work, assessments, shadowing and co working in relation to child protection work, care proceedings, children in care, and will engage with partner agencies.

High quality child-centred services will be your key focus alongside the need to develop strong, evidence-based assessments with an emphasis on robust risk analysis to help plan for future interventions. Together with a commitment to team working and sharing learning, you will have the ability to work on your own initiative and able to demonstrate your contribution to achieving our goals.

All our newly qualified social workers undergo a comprehensive induction across Children’s Integrated Services to ensure that you have a full understanding of the links with all aspects of social work.

What we can offer

Competitive salary, a host of employee benefits plus critical support and learning in your Assisted Years Programme. Starting salary of £28,371 rising to £30,151 after the successful completion of the first six months in your ASYE year.

In 24-months’ time from your start date, you could be earning up to £38,296 (subject to performance and ASYE completion at 12-months). In addition to pay, we have an array of benefits:

• Annual Leave – as generous as they come, 26 -33 days’ leave plus bank holidays and you can also purchase extra leave. 
• Flexible working - we appreciate that working around life is part of the norm now. We are open to flexible working conversations at the point of interview and we offer hybrid working as part of the social worker role. 
• Pensions - We care about your future and one of our great features is our pensions offering 17.9% employer contributions.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

We offer so many more perks, such as, free or discounted car parking, discounted travel, works perks for shops, cinema etc., cycle scheme and much more. What are you waiting for? Join us - we’re waiting for you!

Additional Information

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits. 

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.   

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.