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Are you a qualified Social Worker looking for a role with a good work life balance and real progression opportunity? Social Worker careers in East Riding of Yorkshire Council Children’s Social Care could be exactly what you’re looking for.

A great and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Pathway Leaving Care team for a full time Social Worker on a permanent basis.

Our Pathway Team works with young people who have been under the care of the local authority and are now transitioning to adulthood. The team also works with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and refugees.

This opportunity is available to external and internal applicants for Social Workers currently employed by The East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Working as part of a team of 5 social workers, 3 advanced social workers, 11 Personal Advisors, 2 Accommodation Officers, an Education,. Traning and Employment Advisor and a dedicated admin support to undertake service specific tasks, the roles report directly to the Team Manager. The service offers blended working opportunities and provide agile working kits to allow work to be completed in council offices or from home.

Day-to-day duties include:

• Building positive and meaningful relationships with our children, young people and families.
• Assessing the needs of our children, young people and families and providing timely needs led intervention.
• Co-developing Pathway Plans with our children, carers and their families and partner agencies.
• Ensure we meet our statutory duties and responsibilities in relation to our children looked after, and that practice standards are met.
• Co-ordinating the delivery of our in-house Supported Living scheme with the support of Team Managers

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has completed their ASYE and interested in working with children, young people and families. If you are wanting to progress to the next stage of your social work career this is the role for you.

Check out some of our benefits:

• A competitive salary with performance related salary progression.
• Agile and flexible working opportunities.
• Free parking at your Beverley work base.
• Beautiful scenery when traveling to appointments rather than sitting in busy traffic. Check out why East Riding is a great place to live, work and play.
• A culture based on relational practice.
• A supportive friendly team
• Dedicated admin will complete service specific duties including minute taking, document indexing and telephone enquiries.
• Regular, reflective supervision and peer group supervision.
• Generous leave entitlement.
• Extensive training and development opportunities.