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In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ.

Following the recent inspection by Ofsted Children's Services has been rated 'Good' and found to have 'outstanding leadership' in the service. Our Social Workers enjoy supportive management that provides assistance and guidance on complex cases with our leading learning and development offering ensures our Social Workers flourish within the service.

All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.

About the Role

Newly Qualified Social Workers (ASYE) Academy - Children and Adults

Do you have the potential to make a visible difference to the lives of children & adults and their families to help us meet care and support needs across our borough as a Newly Qualified Social Worker (ASYE) at the London Borough of Sutton?

Salary - £34,209 - £41,850 (£43,860 unconsolidated maximum) per annum (grade 8) - Please note all successful applicants will be placed at spinal point 28 - £33,291 per annum

Full–time: 36 hours per week

The London Borough of Sutton is looking to recruit our next cohort of Newly Qualified Social Workers to start their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). We are delighted that we have a high success and retention rate of our previous cohorts, who we are very proud of. In fact - some of our earlier ASYE are now in management positions!

If you have recently completed or are currently in the process of completing your social work qualification (graduating in 2021) and are a motivated and committed individual with the passion and enthusiasm, to embark on the challenge of working within a local authority, then we want to hear from you.

Sutton is a culturally diverse borough, with excellent links to central London and a range of staff benefits available, it’s a great place to start your social work career.

Our programme is offered to individuals who are interested in either Children or Adult Services.

About Us

Sutton’s Children’s Services are committed to delivering services that make a real visible difference for children and their families. In Sutton we want to be excellent in everything we do and have plans in place to support us We were judged as Good by Ofsted in the 2016 inspection - report published on 13/02/17. Our journey to Outstanding continues. Our monitoring visits have been very positive, highlighting our approach to the Restorative model of practice. Our latest Inspection published in February 2022 rated us as outstanding for leadership - so you will thrive within our service

Sutton Adult’s services are committed in delivering excellent services to Adults and their families within the borough by using a Strength based approach to empower Adults and their famiies to support wellbeing in regaining and maintaining their independence. Adult services constantly strives towards excellence ensuring the most vulnerable adults in the borough are safeguarded.

The ASYE programme is delivered within a social work academy framework. The programme is designed to offer our Newly Qualified social workers the maximum opportunity to develop their social work practice and knowledge based on the Knowledge and Skills Statement for Child and Family Practitioners and Social workers in Adult services.

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