ASYE Social Worker

Are you a newly qualified Social Worker (NQSW) passionate about adult social care and committed to building your professional practice? If so, we'd love to hear from you! About the roles: Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care is pleased to extend invitations to Newly Qualified Social Workers to undertake a mandatory supportive and dynamic Assessed and Supported Year of Employment (ASYE) programme starting in October 2026. We have opportunities located countywide. You will be asked for your preference of location at interview. We encourage you to take a look at our commuting times map to see how accessible our teams are to you. You can find out more about the Teams on our Meet our teams | Gloucestershire County Council The ASYE is an induction year; supporting NQSW's to establish themselves on the first step of their professional career. All NQSW's who are enrolled on our ASYE will be offered a robust, structured ASYE programme (which has been developed through feedback from ASYE Social Workers), peer supervision, practice development workshops and access to a dedicated ASYE coordinator from the Practice Development Team to support you throughout your programme. The teams have supportive and engaged management structures which include Integrated Social Care Managers, Deputy Social Care Managers, Social Work Leads and Social Care Leads. Other staff members include qualified Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, Adult Social Care Practitioners, and dedicated Administration teams., The council will consider sponsorship for the ASYE Social Worker role, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible. If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability

• as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.
By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.
• a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Commitment to our employees: Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage. Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential. It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English. Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

We are looking for passionate Newly Qualified Social Workers who are able to identify themselves against the nine domains of the professional capabilities framework. You must be enthusiastic about learning and developing your practice as a professional, modelling quality and creating space for reflection. We will offer you an environment catered to do this, including challenging you with professional curiosity and supporting you to build effective working relationships within a professional network. To be eligible for the ASYE programme, you need to have been qualified within the last two years and be registered with Social Work England (SWE). If you haven't received your qualification or SWE registration yet, then you should only apply if you are expecting to receive/apply for these this academic year, meaning you are able to begin your ASYE programme in mid-October 2026. You must also hold a full UK driving licence or expect to have this before our assessment days in June 2026. We are pleased to offer VISA sponsorship for this role, if you are a newly qualified Social Worker already living or studying in the UK on a Student or Graduate VISA and looking to relocate to Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care uses the Three Conversation approach, a model that re-emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks and community around them. Our benefits: Our Social Workers do all they can to make the difference to local communities in Gloucestershire. Here are some of the benefits we offer in return for your hard work:
• Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 subject to eligible criteria
• Strong emphasis on a supportive working environment and developing our employees with 94% having participated in their annual appraisal and regular health and wellbeing events.
• Safe, supportive, and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Transfer options after one year in post, allowing for continuous development of skills and knowledge in different Adult Social Care settings.
• Accredited post-qualified training opportunities, enabling you to develop your skills
  
  Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years employment, plus Bank Holidays
• Reimbursement of professional Social Work registration fees (after you have joined us)
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers