About Sandwell children’s Trust
At Sandwell Children’s Trust we serve the purpose of improving the lives of children & young people by:
Listening, learning and caring
Being ambitious and confident
Encouraging innovation
Acting with openness and transparency
Sandwell Children’s Trust
We believe the voice of the child should be at the centre of all we do.
We support our social workers to undertake creative methods of intervention to ensure the voice of the child is at the centre of service development. Vulnerable children and families have a voice and their views will impact on how the service is shaped.
Our staff are supported by an accountable and a professional management team. They are encouraged to work creatively, within the statutory framework.
We offer highly skilled, competent social workers who are equipped with the skills they need to develop their professional practice. We support, grow and develop our staff, and ensure they are involved in the development of services.
We offer the following range of social care services:
- Statutory assessments and care planning
- Services for looked-after children
- Fostering and adoption
- Services for young people leaving care
Benefits & Rewards
- Up to £6,500 re-location package
- Generous annual leave entitlement that increases after 5 years’ service plus, the opportunity to purchase up to 10 days of additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme and is a valuable part of the reward package for employees.
- 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
- Access to Occupational Health services including 24/7 confidential employee counselling service, healthy heart, stress awareness and yoga sessions, physiotherapy self-referral, healthy eating advice and much more.
- Access to a range of discounts on products and services
- Refer a friend scheme
- Wellbeing initiatives and forums
- Car lease scheme
- Cycle2work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Eye care vouchers
- Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
Great potential for growth
- Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
- The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
- Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
- Great career progression opportunities.
- Access to a range of family friendly policies and flexible working arrangements.
About Sandwell
Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 327,378 people. While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.
We have excellent and affordable transport links, quality housing at affordable prices and an abundance of entertainment, arts, culture and history right on the doorstep.
Sandwell Children’s Trust HQ
Wellman Building
Dudley Road
Oldbury
B69 3DL
Our home from home
Set in the centre of Oldbury, the Wellman Building is the home of Sandwell Children's Trust. Fully air conditioned open office spaces with meeting rooms, workstations and designated chill out areas for when you need some down time.
If you need to come into the office it's just the right environment to enable you to plug in and get your work done.
We are a short walk from Oldbury Retail Park which has numerous stores including Homebase, Next, Burger King, Sainsburys, Iceland, Greggs, Subway, Wetherspoon's and McDonalds to name a few.
Ideal location if you need to pop out for a bite to eat or get some shopping done in your lunch break.
You can find more information about the region at Visit Sandwell
