Social Worker – Youth Justice
Contract: Permanent
Salary: up to £46,578.00 per annum, in addition you will receive a £1,000 Golden Hello and £1,500 Annual Retention Allowance
Location: Masons Hill Bromley/flexible working
Hours: Full time - 36 hours
Bromley Children’s Services and Youth Justice Services have recently been rated Outstanding by Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Probation. We are proud to be one of the few local authorities to achieve this distinction for our children’s services. Joining us means becoming part of a vibrant, progressive, and creative team, where colleagues are child-focused and committed to bringing out the best in our work with children, families, victims, and volunteers.
We offer a comprehensive training programme and a strong track record of developing and growing our staff. As part of our team, you will contribute to innovative practices designed to help children desist from crime. With well-utilised resources and the freedom to apply creative approaches, we continually strive to effect positive change.
Bromley is a thriving area and supportive place to live and work. Our managers are highly supportive, providing clear oversight of practice and investing in your professional development. We know our children well and advocate for them consistently. Caseloads in Bromley are manageable, and our Youth Justice Services are well-regarded for delivering high-quality court reports that achieve positive outcomes for children.
We also benefit from strong senior-level support through our Executive governance Board and successfully deliver work funded by grants and external bids from the Mayor’s Office, Ministry of Justice, the Home Office, and community trusts and organiSations.
We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide high quality social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. In return we ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us.
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification
The Bromley Promise:
Benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:
Equal Opportunities Statement We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley REAL benefits scheme; Cycle2Work and a wide range of unique discounts.
We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.
We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.
If you are a qualified Social Worker or Probation Officer with a passion for supporting and helping children, we would love to hear from you. We look forward to receiving your application!
Closing date: 23 February 2025, 23:59pm
Interviews: week of 3 March 2025
In Bromley we are consistently going above and beyond, enabling our children, young people, and their families to grow and flourish, being aspirational and building resilience for the future. We strive to create opportunities to be innovative and reflective within an organisation that nurtures relationships, always seeks feedback, and has self-confidence to listen and act.
Our vision is: by working together with children and their families and agency partners, we will ensure that every child in Bromley has the right help at the right time to keep them safe, and to meet their needs, so they achieve, thrive, and reach their full potential.
Our ‘Bromley Relationship Model’ is a model unique to our local authority based on Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory. We are looking for a social worker who is passionate about working with children and their families who will be able use their ability to form good relationships with families and professionals to bring about positive changes for children and young people. Our vision is at the heart of our model and is supported by our purpose, our aims, our social work behaviours, and our enablers.
Bromley Children’s Social Care has recently been awarded an Ofsted rating of “Outstanding”
The Bromley Promise
Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker
Dedicated time for reflective supervision
Generous Annual Leave Entitlement including an additional three days
Small Cluster teams with one team manager supervising four Social Workers
Two-week protected induction programme
Excellent Learning and development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker
Social Workers and team managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team
Benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:
Golden Hello & Annual Retention Allowance
Merited pay scheme
30 days Annual Leave
The opportunity to participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme
Excellent training and career development pathway
Free Car Parking at Bromley Civic Centre
The ability to claim mileage for business trips in line with HMRC guidance
Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000) for successful candidates relocating from overseas or the outer southeast area
A range of salary sacrifice schemes, including for lease cars, technology equipment and for gym.
Benefit scheme also includes a range of discounts at local retailers
We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners. We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts
If you'd like to arrange an informal chat about this role, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at acquisitionrecruitment@bromley.gov.uk