ASYE Social Worker

Gloucestershire County Council; Stroud; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading council as a Newly Qualified Social Worker in Stroud. This full-time role offers a structured ASYE programme to help you grow in a supportive environment. Enjoy benefits like relocation allowance, annual leave, and professional training opportunities.

Benefits

Relocation allowance up to £8,000

25.5 days annual leave

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Staff discount scheme

Qualifications

• Must be registered with Social Work England (SWE).
• Able to identify against the nine domains of the professional capabilities framework.

Responsibilities

• Support newly qualified social workers in their professional practice.
• Participate in peer supervision and practice development workshops.

Skills

Passion for adult social care

Enthusiasm for learning

Education

Qualified within the last two years

Job description

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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: ASYE Social Worker
• Job Location: Stroud
• Salary: £36,124 - £37,035 per annum + relocation allowance up to £8000 *T&Cs apply
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 04/06/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 10875

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!

Gloucestershire County Council is offering a full-time Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) opportunity within our Adult Social Care team, based in Stroud. This is a great chance to start your career in a supportive and well-structured environment.

VISA Sponsorship Available

If you are a newly qualified Social Worker already living or studying in the UK on a Student or Graduate VISA, we are pleased to offer VISA sponsorship for this role.

About the role:

Gloucestershire County Council’s Adult Social Care service is offering a full-time Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) opportunity based in Stroud for newly qualified social worker, starting in October 2025. This dedicated induction year is designed to support you as a newly qualified social worker (NQSW), helping you confidently begin and grow in your professional career.

The ASYE programme is robust and structured, developed through feedback from previous participants. It includes peer supervision, practice development workshops, and access to a dedicated ASYE coordinator from the Practice Development Team.

The management structure in Stroud locality is supportive and engaged, featuring an Integrated Social Care Manager, Deputy Social Care Manager, Social Work Leads, and Social Care Lead. The team also includes qualified Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, Adult Social Care Practitioners, and dedicated Administration team.

About us:

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 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 95% having participated in their annual appraisal and regular health and wellbeing events.
• Safe, supportive, and positive working environment with regular, reflective 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
• Personal licences to Adults CCINFORM
• Clear career progression pathways to support you in progressing professionally and personally – visit ‘Our Career Pathways’ page ongloucestershire.gov.uk/ascrecruitment/ or download the attachment below
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years employment, plus Bank Holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 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.
• GCC's Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice 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.
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers

About you:

We are looking for a passionate Newly Qualified Social Worker who is 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 are still studying and haven’t received your qualification or SWE registration yet, then you should only apply if you are expecting to receive your qualification this academic year, meaning you are able to begin your ASYE programme in mid-October 2025 for a 12-month programme. On successful completion of the ASYE programme you will move to an experienced social work post in the Stroud team.

Join us today:

Hopefully you are encouraged to join our Stroud team as a Newly Qualified Social Worker.

To apply for our ASYE programme click “Apply Online” today!

Applications will close on Wednesday 4th June 2025 at midnight howeverplease note that we reserve the right to close our advert earlier than stated should we receive a high number of applications.

You will also find attachments for the following:

• Job Profile
• Commuting map
• BASW Professional Capabilities Framework

This position is subject to an Adults Enhanced with Barred List DBS check.

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 reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. The advert will be open for a minimum of 7 calendar days. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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.