Senior Social Worker in Beverley

Service area: Locality Wellbeing and Safeguarding

Are you an experienced Social Worker with a passion for supporting the ongoing professional development of other Social Workers and social care Practitioners? Do you want to work as part of a team that’s focussed on improving outcomes for people through outstanding Social Work practice? Do you want to develop your skills and your autonomy and accountability as a leader and change enabler? If YES ... this could be the role for you.

We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to cover maternity leave and temporarily join the practice development team to:

• Lead our ASYE programme, working with Children’s services to deliver this and continuously improve our offer.
• Represent the Service with Skills for Care to maintain our compliance with the ASYE requirements and standards.
• Work in partnership with colleagues in ERYC Children’s Services and other regional Local Authority Adult Services to support moderation of ASYE programmes across the region.
• Develop and manage a training and CPD offer for ASYE Assessors.
• Provide professional leadership for the ERYC ASCH ASYE Programme.
• Evaluate our current Career Progression Pathway and implement any changes.
• Support the ongoing professional development of social workers in line with Social Work England requirements.
• Support our continued implementation of quality supervision across the Adult Social Care Workforce.

Our transformation and innovation journey at ERYC focuses our approach on being more creative, strengths-based and person-centred to enable the best possible outcomes for people in line with the wellbeing principles of The Care Act 2014. The role includes supporting our improvement journey and contributing to further development of our Model of Practice and Quality Practice Framework.

As Professional Practice Lead – with a focus on Social Work and Social Care Careers, you will be expected to provide leadership to the Adult Social Care and Health Workforce. Experience in social work practice, people development, resilience, and motivation for change are central to this role.

The following prerequisites to undertake this role must also apply:

• You must be a registered social worker with experience of adult social care.
• You must hold a recognised Practice Educator qualification and have maintained currency or be an experienced ASYE assessor.
• You must demonstrate a good knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and ability to work within the legislative framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

If you are enthusiastic, motivated and have a positive ‘can do’ attitude, are a good team player with excellent organisational, administrative, communication and IT skills, have good attention to detail, with the flexibility to respond to varying workload demands we would love to hear from you!

For an informal conversation about any of the above, please contact Laura Yourston via email or Teams. You must have your manager's approval to apply for this secondment.

The Council offers many remote working opportunities as part of our commitment to providing flexibility wherever possible for our employees.

Internal Candidates: If you already work for the council and have previously used an Employee Self Service (ESS) account, to login to apply online, from September 2025 you will need to create a new account using your personal email address. If you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have sought approval from your line manager prior to submitting your application.

CV: Apply by submitting a copy of your CV/covering letter online. Ensure it demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria from the employee specification.

Travel: Some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required, applicants must be able to transport themselves.

DBS/Medical check: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check.