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Social Worker Multi Agency Partnership, SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
Qualified Social Worker – Children’s Single Point of Access (C-SPA) Role
Location: Woking office (no travel to visit clients required) Contract: Full-time, permanent (36-hour week) Salary: £43,633 - £46,624 per annum (pro-rata) Flexibility: Option for structured 9-5 working pattern
About the Role
We are inviting applications for a Qualified Social Worker to join the Children’s Single Point of Access (C-SPA) team at Surrey County Council, where you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding local children and families.
Based at our Woking office, this role ensures primary contact with families reporting concerns, triages referrals, and applies threshholding to determine appropriate intervention. You will collaborate closely with multi-agency professionals to create cohesive and proportionate responses.
Key Aspects of the Role
This is a 9-5 qualified social work position with no routine client travel, offering greater flexibility compared to traditional assessments. Our practice emphasizes family-centred, widening approaches, underpinned by:
- The Family Safeguarding Model, striving to enhance areas of the parent-child relationship.
- Collaborative partnerships with education, police, and health to provide holistic support.
- Motivational interviewing techniques to empower families to address challenges.
You will build foundational casework, informing whether a child or family requires higher-intensity professional support, or may benefit from plans at a preventative level.
The Offer
As a valued member of our team, you will enjoy:
- Registration Support: Surrey will fully cover your Social Work England registration Fee
- Annual Leave:
- 28 days (rising to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
- Leave Flexibility:
- option to purchase up to 10 additional days of annual leave per year via a £6,000 financial package, payable in three instalments over 18 months
- Career Development:
- 2 paid volunteering days per year
- Learning & Development hub with valuable resources
- Health & Wellbeing:
- Extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- 5 days unpaid carer’s leave per year each tax year
- Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
- Pensions: Generous salary-related pension scheme (local government scheme)
- Lifestyle Discounts: Benefits including gym, travel and shopping vouchers
- Pride in Progress: Ofsted’s Good rating highlights consistent practice and staff satisfaction—your work will be part of delivering this success!
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Our Progress
Most recently, our service earned an Ofsted "Good" rating, specifically commended for:
- Timeliness & consistency: Referrals consistently receive a timely and proportionate response, as guided by our continuum of need structure.
- Staff culture: C-SPA is led by well-trained, motivated staff who are proud to work in Surrey—their collegiate approach deepens engagement across our child wellbeing team.
"They receive a timely and proportionate response. Practitioners and managers in the C-SPA routinely apply the authority’s continuum of need guidance to inform decision-making, generating a consistent approach to contacts and referrals."
"Staff are well-trained and committed, feel highly valued and are proud to work in Surrey."
Requirement for the Role
Essential Qualifications
- Registered Social Work England (with qualified status)
- Substantial experience in UK statutory children’s services
Core Skills
You will demonstrate success in:
- Threshold decision-making with your professional judgment.
- Independence in multidisciplinary working with public bodies (e.g. health), voluntary sector and neighbouring teams.
- Analytical approach: Prior experience handling complex Safeguarding matters (consider your application essays).
- Sound knowledge of legislation and best practice (CSE, Child Safeguarding, government guidance).
Application Process
As part of the application, you will address these four questions (each under 200 words):
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- What motivated you to apply for this role with the C-SPA Service?
- What key skills & experiences would you bring to this position? (Assess how your judgment, analytical thinking and collaboration could meet thresholds effectively).
- Give an example of how you used analytical skills to address complexity in any child protection assessment.
- Describe an instance where you brought partners or stakeholders together to achieve a clear, positive outcome for a child or family.
Note: You must upload a CV and answer these questions to be eligible.
Support & Inclusivity
Abstract applications can feel stressful— we’ll support you at every step:
- Virtual Interviews (initial): Practice questions provided to offer ease.
- In-Person Interviews: Conducted with adjustments if required.
- Guaranteed Interviews for Disabilities: Under our disability-confident status, if you highlight a disability, meeting minimum criteria ensures you’ll be interviewed.
- ** expansions:** Full support for any reasonable request.
An enhanced DBS check and Children's & Adult's barred list check are mandatory for this role.
Closure & Islamic Calendan Schedule
Deadline for Application: 23:59 hrs on 14th July 2024
- Shortlisting outcome notices will be issued within 12 working days—follow-up interviews either VIrtual or in-office.
Reorganisation Note: Surrey is transitioning to a unitary authority in early 2026. Existing roles at the time of change retain their terms and conditions.
Final Wording
Your experience and talent contribute to Surrey County Council’s ongoing commitment to safeguarding and family advice. This is your chance to embed into a collaborative workforce helpingvaluate, defer, or deepen support for vulnerable children—starting at the front door. We welcome applications that reflect inclusivity and bold ideas.
For more details, explore the Surrey public sector careers portal. We look forward to meeting you.
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