• Career Development
• Pathways to Social Work
• Our Introduction Programme

Training and Benefits

We’re committed to developing and supporting our people – all 43,000 of them.

You can look forward to a wide variety of rewards, benefits and learning and development throughout your career at Essex County Council. These will reflect the importance of social work in our aim of giving the children of Essex the best quality of life.

At Essex we provide a competitive range of rewards and benefits focused on both the personal and professional lives of our staff. Our benefits include:

• Relocation assistance if you’re moving to Essex to take up a new role.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Childcare Voucher Scheme.
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Interest-free bus and rail season ticket loans from £100 - £5,000.
• At least 22 days’ annual leave, rising to 29 days, depending on grade and length of service.
• Work options that include Job Share and Career Break schemes.
• Special leave, dependents leave and time off for public duties, depending on circumstances.
• Access to a staff counselling service.
• A sports and social club at County Hall, Chelmsford.
• Staff discounts in gyms, travel agents, car sales/services, restaurants, shops and days out.
• Lease car scheme (dependent on role).
• Access to key worker housing. Visit www.moat.co.uk for further details of the HomeBuy Scheme, to check property listings and see if you’re eligible.