Social Worker (Internal applicants only)

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group

Job Location:

Blaby - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 39939 - 42699

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA

WorkerCategory:Hybrid Worker

Salary:Grade- 42699 plus market premium

WorkingHours:37 hours per week

ContractType:Fixed term or Secondment for 12 months

Closing Date:23^rd November 2025

Interview Date(s):Week commencing 28^th November 2025

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has become available in the Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Childrens Team. Working in the UASC Team gives you a chance to support young people who have faced the trauma of war exploitation smuggling and trafficking and help them build their lives in the UK. It is hugely rewarding and a fantastic learning opportunity.

Whilst the skills needed in this team are similar to working with any children and young people if you are fascinated by diversity and keen to offer a sense of belonging to those who have lost everything you would be well suited to this role.

We are seeking an experienced Age Assessment Social Worker to complete the challenging yet crucial role of age assessments. You would be part of a specialist team completing this bespoke work and also hold a small caseload of UASC young people in the care of the Local Authority.

You would be joining our passionate and dedicated team of Social Workers and Personal Advisors who are very experienced and knowledgeable in this area and are very supportive and approachable.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see ourpolicy statement.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

Degree in Social Work approved by the Social Work England (SWE) or equivalent social work qualification i.e. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work. The worker must also be registered with Social Work England.
Successful completion of ASYE programme in a social work team.
Knowledge of the issues affecting young people who seek asylum in the UK and how their needs can be best met in Local Authority care and as care leavers.
Experience of undertaking age assessments on unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.
Full understanding and strong record of practising using the signs of safety methodology or commitment to further development
Ability to complete statutory tasks within time frames and demonstrate child-centred practice
Able to analyse information to reach sound decisions often under pressure and take responsibility for their outcome and regular reporting to the Team manager.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This mayinclude requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Surjan Sharma UASC Team Manager

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Email:

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.

DescriptionPLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTSOrganisation:Leicestershire County CouncilWorkLocation:County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RAWorkerCategory:Hybrid WorkerSalary:Grade- 42699 plus market premiumWorkingHours:37 hours per weekContractType:Fixed term or Secondment for 12 months...