Passionate about your practice? Be at the heart of our transformation journey. Join a service that empowers you, supports you and values your skills. Make the change, be the difference to our children, our future. As part of our team, not only can you expect real progression opportunities for your career, you will be supported with compassionate, relational leadership to help you thrive and feel safe in your practice. As a Social Worker in North East Lincolnshire Council's Children's Services, you will work as part of a team to provide high quality Social Work practice to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and families. Social Work practice is highly valued and supported by skilled, knowledgeable and caring leaders and managers. You will be joining a service that is built on pride and passion, who have high aspirations for children and families and who are committed to empowering them to thrive and be the best they can be. If you are an enthusiastic, ambitious and passionate Social Worker who wants to make a lifelong difference to children's lives and improve their outcomes, we want to hear from you. Children's Fostering Social Work Team We are developing and expanding our Fostering Social Work service to further build the skills, knowledge and expertise to support foster carers in delivering our vision for children to grow up happy, healthy, safe in their homes and communities with people who love them. We are looking for social workers with fostering experience, we are also keen to hear from social workers who feel they may have transferable skills with a continued passion to learn and develop in this area of Social Care practice. You will have a good understanding of the impact of trauma affecting children and be able to support foster carers in caring for children, working within a supportive service. With a supportive leadership structure, Fostering Social Workers support and supervise Foster Carers in addition to undertaking assessments that relate to Fostering and Kinship arrangements. Alongside the statutory role, you will also be expected to engage with prospective new and existing foster carers such as supporting marketing and recruitment events, support groups, fostering celebration events, delivering and participating in training for foster carers and matching homes for children with the right fostering families to support stability. Fostering changes lives and we want the most committed social workers to help us to continue to do just that

Salary range: Up to £47,754 (depending on experience) PLUS Essential Car User Allowance.,

• At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
• References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position
What else can you expect?
• Real progression opportunities within Social Work practice - North East Lincolnshire Council operate through grades for Social Workers to Advanced Social Worker level
• Regular individual and reflective case supervision
• A relational approach in all aspects of practice
• Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people's lives
• A highly supportive team and working environment
Your Benefits As part of your RewardNEL package, not only will you enjoy a competitive salary, up to 40 days leave entitlement
• (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension, you will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, discounted car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels. NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
• Leave subject to length of service
About North East Lincolnshire Council Your earnings go further in North East Lincolnshire, house prices are four times less than in London. Learn more about what our place has to offer at Life in North East Lincolnshire | NELC (nelincs.gov.uk) #FindYourSpace Get to know us better Check out our Council Plan and read about all of the exciting new developments we have in the pipeline. North East Lincolnshire Council is committed to being an inclusive employer, where equality and diversity is recognised, celebrated, and embodied throughout the organisation, becoming a workforce that represents all. North East Lincolnshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. For any posts that will involve access to children, young people and adults at risk, the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check where appropriate. At North East Lincolnshire Council, we know that together, we can be stronger., Real transformation is happening across children's services at North East Lincolnshire Council. With only a few opportunities remaining, now is an exciting time to be part of making a difference to the lives of children and families in our community. And with some of the best value house prices in the country, short commutes and great schools, your earnings go much further in North East Lincolnshire. Feel valued with us:
• Real progression opportunities
• Regular individual and reflective case supervision
• Relational approach in all aspects of practice
• Accessible and proactive management team
• Friendly and highly supportive team and working environment
• Exclusive benefits
• Social worker salary range up to £47,754 depending on experience PLUS essential car user allowance
• Relocation and travel from home scheme worth up to £8,000 for eligible out of area social workers
Colleagues tell us that the vibe feels different, the energy feels different. We're here to create positive, sustainable change for children, for families and the whole community. If you're a super social worker and you feel like you want to be part of that, do something amazing and browse our latest jobs below. "When you see a local authority pouring that knowledge and resource into you, it gives you a purpose to stay and give back." "Inside all of us is the power to change the world for somebody, and I think, in this local authority, you aren't just changing the world, for that one person, or their family, it then has a ripple effect into the community too. You've got the ability to change life as you know it in our small town - so why wouldn't you?" "There's no hierarchy. It feels safe. We've been given the permission to be proud. It is ace to be part of something that is so exciting." Read more from social workers Ellis, Katy and Nikki on how we're building a culture of support at