Salary
Your salary will start from £34,834 up to £43,421 depending on your level of experience. Salaries increase by set increments on a yearly basis within your grade structure.
Local Government Pension Scheme
All employees are automatically admitted to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) from the day of appointment, with generous employer contributions.
Generous annual leave
You'll receive 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service (continuous local government service will be applied where appropriate), plus 8 Bank Holiday's per year. There is also the opportunity to buy additional holiday through our ‘Annual Leave Top Up' scheme.
Flexible working
We strive for an inclusive, healthy and motivated workforce. To help us achieve this, we offer a range of flexible working options.
We've adopted a hybrid way of working, mixing home and office working to help you balance your work and personal life. In this area of work, we recognise that team support is essential. We are one of the few local authorities to keep our offices open during the pandemic to allow our staff to de-brief and support each other.
As well as part time and job share opportunities, we can offer flexibility on your working hours and can discuss what works best for you at interview. For example, some of our Social Workers do a nine-day fortnight.
Industry membership
You'll receive full membership to Research in Practice, available to all of our Social Workers
Career development
You'll receive protected time for your personal development goals, our progression policy is linked to supporting staff in increasing their knowledge and skills and we pride ourselves on offering comprehensive development and training with strong career pathways. You can choose how you want to progress, whether it's staying in practice or moving into managerial roles.
Family-friendly policies
Where possible we offer part time and job share opportunities and have generous leave policies around maternity/paternity and adoption leave, as well as emergency carers leave and compassionate leave.
Relocation
Up to £8,000 is available for relocation if you currently live more than 40 miles from Bristol (subject to meeting the full T&C's of the policy).
Wellbeing
You'll have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, a free service for all staff to receive support with work or personal issues.
Bristol rewards
You'll have access to the full suite of other staff benefits and discounts which includes:
- use of pool bikes and cars to help you get around the city for your work
- childcare voucher scheme, including school holidays
- a paid volunteering day per year
- bike loans through a salary sacrifice scheme
- discounts at council shops and services including our museums, park's cafes, plant nursery and MOT centre
- discounts across a wide range of leisure vendors from gym memberships to local shops and restaurants
