Advanced Social Work Educator

Overview

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Advanced Social Work Educator
• Job Location:                     Quayside House 
• Salary:                               £45,441 - £48,474 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     30/06/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   9362 
• This post is open to job share

Gloucestershire Social Work Academy is looking to recruit an Advanced Educator to join our passionate, dynamic, and driven team. 

Reward and support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• salary between £45,441 - £48,474 per annum depending on experience
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular supervision
• local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply)
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy
• paid SWE registration renewal

Right child, right support, right time, every time

We are working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. 

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an

award-winning workforce.

Gloucestershire Children’s Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:

‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families’.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About the Academy

As a member of the Social Work Academy you will be offering leadership of practice to develop outstanding social workers and social work leaders who effect positive changes for children, young people, and families. The Academy is responsible for providing a welcoming and meaningful introduction to working in children’s services, optimising the many attractions of working for Gloucestershire County Council. It also ensures that our staff receive the highest quality continuing professional development that impacts directly on improving the life experiences of children, young people, and families. Aligned with this, it provides quality assurance for practice across children’s services. The Academy also supports staff with their professional accreditation responsibilities and career progression options.

About you

As well as your extensive experience of working within statutory services for children, young people, and families, you will also need:

• Social Work England registration
• a recognised qualification in Social Work
• If you qualified after 2012 we would expect you to have completed your ASYE year
• DBS clearance
   

How to apply

If you would like to discuss the role further, please email Interim Academy Service Manager Sally.Dobson@gloucestershire.gov.uk or alternatively apply directly before the closing date.