Published Wednesday 8 July 2020 at 12:43
Virtual social care recruitment sessions are taking place this week from Monday, July 13, 2020.
The online sessions aim to give social workers, from newly qualified to managerial level, the chance to speak to the team and find out more about the roles available.
Anyone interested can find out more here and book onto a virtual session
Jayne Ivory, Director of Children’s Services, said:
There’s a great deal of work going on to ensure our social work teams are fully supported.
We have brought in additional staffing resources and have fast-tracked newly qualified social workers into posts to help support and manage caseloads.
Our staff have access to some of the latest technology to ensure that our work has carried on, whether that’s a virtual visit or meeting. All of this has taken place alongside our regular face-to-face visits to the children and families who need our help and protection the most.
Managers are also ensuring workloads in the service are reviewed every week to ensure staff have more manageable caseloads.
For anyone thinking of a change in role or starting out their social work career, we’d love to hear from you.
We are a really friendly department with an ethos where colleagues very much support one another.
We look forward to welcoming new faces as part of this next phase of our recruitment drive.
Cllr Julie Gunn, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education, said:
Along with young people, our staff are our biggest asset and we are keen to do the best we can to ensure that working here is rewarding and based on strong positive values.
Ongoing opportunities for training and peer support have been adapted so we can continue to do this throughout the pandemic. Our social workers say this is something they highly value and something we are proud of.
What has really shone through is how staff have adapted and embraced technology to complete their work. A major benefit of working here is that it’s a relatively small borough and through the use of technology, travel time in many cases has been cut significantly.
This new way of working has also helped build better relationships with the young people our social workers are supporting who are in some cases more comfortable with speaking on a video call.
Our social workers have a vital role to play in supporting and protecting individuals, families and communities. They are compassionate, practical, justice-driven people who are doing so much to get our families through this time and we would love you to join our brilliant service.
You can register for an online virtual chat with the team