What we offer

Training and Development

We’re committed to ensuring that you fulfil your potential. With this in mind, we offer an extensive training programme that includes a comprehensive induction schedule and ongoing support. We’ll also give you every opportunity to develop your interests into a specific area of social work and to aid newly qualified social workers, we’re registered members of the Children’s Workforce Development Councils (CWDC) Newly Qualified Social Work Scheme. For those with more experience, we offer an extensive short course programme, a year-long high level modular programme for senior social workers and deputy managers, as well as access to funding for external qualification courses. We also provide a range of supervisory and management development programmes to help you progress your career and move up the ranks.

Staff Transfer Scheme

The staff transfer scheme offers social workers the potential opportunity to transfer over time, between teams, to a post of the same level. This allows staff the opportunity to develop professional expertise by working across a range of specialist teams.

Salary

We offer annual salary increments, to the top of your scale, determined through assessment of your work performance and any other business considerations. Salaries are also reviewed every year taking into account any decisions of the appropriate national and/or provincial negotiating bodies.

Please note that on the Social Worker career grade scheme, successful candidates will be appointed to the appropriate point of the scale based on their skills and abilities and performance at interview. Once employed by Ealing, individuals have the opportunity to move through the grades based on local agreed criteria. Details will be discussed on appointment.

Core Benefits

• Eligibility to join the Local Government (Final Salary) Pension Scheme with employee contributions of 6% of gross salary
• Access to additional preferential Life Assurance arrangements and Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme with Scottish Widows
• Holiday entitlement is a minimum of 24 days rising to a maximum of 30 days in addition to locally agreed extra leave days and public holidays.
• Career break scheme - employees who have completed one year's service may take an unpaid career break of between six months and three years with guaranteed employment on return although certain conditions apply
• Sports and leisure discounts including free lunchtime swimming and perks at Council and private gyms
• Healthcare and well-being benefits including exercise, therapies and health tips
• Access to reduced costs for the Hospital Savings Association scheme, a third off BUPA healthcare and reduced eye test costs
• Free employee helpline service
• Childcare Vouchers
• Discounts on counselling, osteopathy and physiotherapy
• 2-for-1 on Thursday night at the Ealing Comedy Club
• Discounts at local cafes, restaurants and bars e.g 25% discount at Café Rouge. The Council has also joined forces with Kaarp, a company who operate via a website which provides cut price offers across the UK to Ealing employees
• Overall Ealing is a great place to live and work with a very wide range of shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities and great transport links to the rest of the Country and wider London. The Ealing Jazz Festival is a major London event organised annually through the Council

Health and Well-being

Your health and well-being is very important to us and we provide a range of services and activities to meet your specific needs.

• Lunchtime and evening classes in Yoga, Keep Fit, Tai Chi, Alexander Technique, meditation and relaxation (small charge applicable)
• Free lunchtime swimming at Acton Baths, Gurnell Sports Centre and Dormers Wells Sports Centre during term-time
• Lunchtime park walks led by a Park Ranger
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts to local gyms
• Smoking cessation advice
• Complementary on-site therapies, such as reflexology and massage
• Lunchtime talks on various health topics
• Our Occupational Health Unit also provides nurse clinics, eyesight tests and physiotherapy and workstation assessments

Diversity

Ealing Council is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment, directly or indirectly, on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, creed/religion, colour, ethnic or national origin.

We’re also an accredited member of the ‘Positive About Disabled People’ scheme, which recognises our commitment to the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people. We will meet any special requirements of people with disabilities who are asked to attend for an interview.