Social Worker - Emergency Duty Team (EDT)

Social Worker - Emergency Duty Team (EDT)

Salary: Up to £47,754 (depending on experience) PLUS Essential Car User Allowance and Overnight Allowances

Make a difference when it matters most

Join a Team where rapid responses can make a lasting impact

Make the change to #TeamNEL

As a Social Worker within our Emergency Duty Team, you will be key to ensuring the safety of our children out of hours. You will support in ensuring that every child receives a swift and robust response where they are deemed to be at risk during an evening, or weekend.

This role sits within our Integrated Front Door, meaning you will work closely with the daytime team. This role involves working closely with our key partner agencies, such as Police and health, in order to ensure the very best response to our children to keep them safe.

You will be joining a passionate team that places children at the heart of the decisions they make and champions supporting each other every single day.

You will be a solution-focused, resourceful and able to build and maintain relationships across different agencies.

For more information, please refer to the role profile or email:

Laura Snell - Service Lead - laura.snell@nelincs.gov.uk or find out more about us here!

Our Offer

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

Social Workers from out of the area will also have access to a relocation and travel from home scheme worth up to £8,000.

Please note: at this time, we are only accepting applications for qualified Social Workers as well as those looking to undertake their ASYE year.

In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:

1. 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).
2. You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses).
3. 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?

1. Real progression opportunities within Social Work practice – North East Lincolnshire Council operate through grades for Social Workers to Advanced Social Worker level.
2. Regular individual and reflective case supervision.
3. A relational approach in all aspects of practice.
4. Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people’s lives.
5. 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

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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.