Somerset County Council Careers and Employment

Supportive management team which is reflected right through the senior leadership team. Social workers are encouraged to be creative in their work with children and families. Child-centred practice is embedded throughout the service and widely promoted. Supervision is regular and supportive as well as other forms of management oversight on cases. Caseloads are reasonable. Staff morale is positive; the people make the organisation. SCC have been hugely supportive and flexible across the service throughout the pandemic.

Be confident, honest, child-centred.

Make sure you convey why it is that you would like to work in Somerset, as opposed to other counties - we are a rural county with lots of different opportunities to offer compared to some others.

Make sure you convey why it is that you would like to work in Somerset, as opposed to other counties - we are a rural county with lots of different opportunities to offer compared to some others.

Look into the history of the setting and the current ethos

Do your research - when it states to contact the hiring manager - contact them! Remember when you give examples give specifics to what YOU have done not the overall situation - we are interested in you

Democratic Services

Most definitely

7.4 (37 hours a week is standard).

Supportive management team which is reflected right through the senior leadership team. Social workers are encouraged to be creative in their work with children and families. Child-centred practice is embedded throughout the service and widely promoted. Supervision is regular and supportive as well as other forms of management oversight on cases. Caseloads are reasonable. Staff morale is positive; the people make the organisation. SCC have been hugely supportive and flexible across the service throughout the pandemic.

Professional and non-political

Variable ( good and bad days )