UK Visa Sponsorship Job for ASYE Social Worker (Salary: £36,124  –  £37,035 Per Year)

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: ASYE Social Worker
• Job Location: Stroud
• Salary: £36,124 – £37,035 per annum + relocation allowance up to £8000 *T&Cs apply
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Job Requisition Number: 10875

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About The Role

Gloucestershire County Council’s Adult Social Care service is offering a full-time Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) opportunity based in Stroud for newly qualified social worker, starting in October 2025. This dedicated induction year is designed to support you as a newly qualified social worker (NQSW), helping you confidently begin and grow in your professional career.

The ASYE programme is robust and structured, developed through feedback from previous participants. It includes peer supervision, practice development workshops, and access to a dedicated ASYE coordinator from the Practice Development Team.

The management structure in Stroud locality is supportive and engaged, featuring an Integrated Social Care Manager, Deputy Social Care Manager, Social Work Leads, and Social Care Lead. The team also includes qualified Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, Adult Social Care Practitioners, and dedicated Administration team.

About Us

Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care uses the Three Conversation approach, a model that re-emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks and community around them.

Benefits

Our Social Workers do all they can to make the difference to local communities in Gloucestershire. Here are some of the benefits we offer in return for your hard work:

• Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 subject to eligible criteria
• Strong emphasis on a supportive working environment and developing our employees with 95% having participated in their annual appraisal and regular health and wellbeing events.
• Safe, supportive, and positive working environment with regular, reflective supervision
• Transfer options after one year in post, allowing for continuous development of skills and knowledge in different Adult Social Care settings.
• Accredited post-qualified training opportunities, enabling you to develop your skills
• Personal licences to Adults CCINFORM
• Clear career progression pathways to support you in progressing professionally and personally – visit ‘Our Career Pathways’ page ongloucestershire.gov.uk/ascrecruitment/ or download the attachment below
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years employment, plus Bank Holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• GCC’s Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C’s apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers

About You

We are looking for a passionate Newly Qualified Social Worker who is able to identify themselves against the nine domains of the professional capabilities framework. You must be enthusiastic about learning and developing your practice as a professional, modelling quality and creating space for reflection. We will offer you an environment catered to do this, including challenging you with professional curiosity and supporting you to build effective working relationships within a professional network.

To be eligible for the ASYE programme, you need to have been qualified within the last two years and be registered with Social Work England (SWE). If you are still studying and haven’t received your qualification or SWE registration yet, then you should only apply if you are expecting to receive your qualification this academic year, meaning you are able to begin your ASYE programme in mid-October 2025 for a 12-month programme.

Applications will close on Wednesday 4th June 2025 at midnight. However, please note that we reserve the right to close our advert earlier than stated should we receive a high number of applications.