Newly Qualified Social Worker

Newly Qualified Social Workers in the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)

SO2: Starting salary £37,653 pa rising in annual increments to £38,934 pa incl LW

Lambeth is an exciting and vibrant place to start you career as a social worker.

As a Lambeth Newly Qualified Social Worker you will be encouraged and supported to undertake purposeful, creative and innovative relationship-based social work with children, families and communities.

You will be placed in small, friendly and supportive teams that will enable you to develop your skills in working confidently to identify needs and risks so that we intervene only when required and when it is in children’s best interests.

You will join our ASYE Academy with a cohort 21 NQSWs and in addition to the supported offered within your team, you will be paired with an experienced mentor who will support you to meet the requirements set out in the Post Qualifying Knowledge and Skills framework. You will spend the majority of your time on direct work with children, putting your learning into practice in one of the most diverse and complex boroughs in the country.

During your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment, you will develop your practice and consolidate your learning within one of the following service areas (Children Looked After, Child Protection, or Referral and Assessment). This is to give you solid grounding in one particular area, but as part of your professional development you will have created opportunities to experience a wider variety of work alongside other services within the child’s journey in Children’s Services

If appointed, following successful completion of your ASYE you will move into a Social Worker role earning up to £40,503.

If you require more information about the role, please contact Professional Development Manager – Erin Morris EMorris@Lambeth.gov.uk

Find out more about why Lambeth is a great place to take the next step in your social work career, please visit our website: http://www.inspirelambethsocialwork.com/

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs

Please note we operate an anonymised application process. If you are uploading your CV or a personal statement, please remove your personal details and replace these with your unique candidate application number.

Interested , click the apply button and complete an on-line application clearly evidencing in the Supporting Statement field how you meet the criteria marked with an 'A' at shortlist stage.

Job Description and Specification

Closing date for receiving the completed application forms is Sunday 16 th April 2023 at midnight.

Interviews: week commencing 24 th -28 th April 2023

Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment.