Newly Qualified Social Worker - Adult Social Care

Role Responsibility

Newly Qualified Social Worker -  Adult Social Care

Have you recently completed your social work degree?  - We are recruiting Newly Qualified Practitioners to join us in Making a difference every day.

We have permanent roles available across various locations in Kent .

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to join our community teams across Kent as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do. We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support.

Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent practice, exceptional innovation, and meaningful measures. Therefore, our work is orientated around building relationships with the individual their families and carers. We engage with communities early on to help people feel empowered to find trusted help and support locally from a range of sources.

About You

We are looking for future employees who have a positive, forward-thinking attitude. Using strengths-based practice with individuals which is built around their desired outcomes and goals. Our teams are imaginative, locally focused and flexible and we are searching for practitioners with a likeminded approach, working collaboratively as part of a team.

We welcome applications from newly qualified social workers who can demonstrate capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards, legislative and policy frameworks.

You will hold a registration with Social Work England

You will have a high level of literacy and communication skills, both verbal and written.

The ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

Our Support Offer

As a newly qualified social worker you will be registered on the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) Programme, giving you access to a unique range of support and development opportunities in your first year of practice. You will receive regular professional supervision and have the opportunity to critically reflect on your practice. You will be supported to develop your practice and progress your career.

You will have excellent opportunities for professional development with access to our social care academy, progression routes and our newly launched practice framework.

We will support you to consolidate your skills and knowledge, assisting you to develop areas of specialist practice development such as Approved Mental Health Professional Training, Best Interest Assessor Training and Practice Educator training.

We offer an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you achieve a healthy work life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements that meet business need. You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave allowance and the local government pension scheme.

What our staff say

“My supervisor was always available when I needed her and pushed me to reach my objectives.”

“The team have provided me with so many valuable learning opportunities and shown great patience and understanding throughout”

“Throughout my ASYE journey, my  assessor  provided me with an invaluable and all round  support and offered constructive feedback, which has  helped to my  successful completion of the program.” 

“I found the chance to reflect throughout my year was incredibly helpful.”

Ready to make a difference every day- Fill out our application form to join us today!

Please state in your application the areas of Kent you would be interested in working in.

Interviews will take place during the first two weeks of May.

We are increasingly accessible to the public outside of traditional office hours, as we move towards an 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week service to ensure service needs are met.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service as well as up to date registration with the appropriate professional body.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For more information about the role, please contact aschworkforce@kent.gov.uk and a member of the team will respond appropriately.

Interviews will take place during the first two weeks of May.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.