Questions and Answers about Somerset County Council

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.

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.

Be confident, honest, child-centred.

Look into the history of the setting and the current ethos

Most definitely

7.4 (37 hours a week is standard).

That there is an issue with the management. Staff clearly experiance anxiety, stress and feel unable to speak with their manager. Management is unapproachable, difficult and controlling. Staff feel unable to say what they really feel.

To research publications of books and ordering.

Around 4,000

Antiquated