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• Base Salary : £42,771.00(Inside IR35)
Top Point Salary : £45,750.00(Inside IR35)
Top Point Salary : £45,750.00(Inside IR35)
• Hours: 36 per week
• Duration: Permanent Recruitment
• Location: Moor Lane
The Children with Disabilities Team is a dynamic and responsive team working with disabled children and their families. The service is responsible for all aspects of children’s social work from assessment and analysis, through to long term planning. There is a strong emphasis on multi agency working and strong links with services providing support to children and families in need of early intervention.
The post is co-located with other colleagues involved in the lives of children with disabilities and their families.
The Children with Disabilities Team works with children from the initial referral through to adult services if required.
The successful candidates duties will include:
– Assessing the needs of children with disabilities and their families
– Developing individualised plans, and chairing meetings to ensure plans are on track in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals involved in the child’s life
– Use a range of interventions and skills to engage children, young people and their families in working towards the objectives of their individual care plans and ensuring that the we hear the voice of the child
– Development and implementation of projects as supported by Head of Service – Contributing to the supporting of students on placement, and newly qualified staff (some opportunity to complete Practice Educators Course/other relevant training) – Being a link person for one of our local specialist schools Celebrating an OUTSTANDING Ofsted outcome across all areas, we’re looking for Social Workers to join us in successful teams!
About you: our role specification
Qualifications
● Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
● Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professional
development.
Skills and experience
● A good understanding of how the varying factors of a child’s life play a part in their development
and an ability to adapt how you work with young people (particularly disabled children) in
response to issues.
● Experience of working on cases with the various forms of abuse and neglect that pose a threat to
children and young people.
● A good knowledge of the varying factors that affect a parent’s ability to care for their child and
identify early warning signs of when these may lead to harm.
● Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
● Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions
to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their
families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
● Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and
to inform own decision making.
● Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing
accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include
families, children or young people).
● Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children’s Act) and national policy drivers that
will affect children’s services and your role.
● Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with
colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
Personal attributes
● A passion for Achieving for Children’s vision, mission and values (trust, value. respect) to support
children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
● Able to use a range of digital hardware or software to support your work effectively i.e. microsoft
or Google software.
● Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving
and multitasking.
● Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to achieve challenging objectives, celebrate
success and deliver excellent outcomes for children using a strength based approach.
● Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and
across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
● Good communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic,
including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
The post holder will be expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade of the post, including
deputising or working flexibly across the week to meet the business demands. This job profile is provided for guidance only.
Qualifications
● Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
● Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professional
development.
Skills and experience
● A good understanding of how the varying factors of a child’s life play a part in their development
and an ability to adapt how you work with young people (particularly disabled children) in
response to issues.
● Experience of working on cases with the various forms of abuse and neglect that pose a threat to
children and young people.
● A good knowledge of the varying factors that affect a parent’s ability to care for their child and
identify early warning signs of when these may lead to harm.
● Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
● Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions
to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their
families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
● Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and
to inform own decision making.
● Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing
accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include
families, children or young people).
● Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children’s Act) and national policy drivers that
will affect children’s services and your role.
● Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with
colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
Personal attributes
● A passion for Achieving for Children’s vision, mission and values (trust, value. respect) to support
children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
● Able to use a range of digital hardware or software to support your work effectively i.e. microsoft
or Google software.
● Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving
and multitasking.
● Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to achieve challenging objectives, celebrate
success and deliver excellent outcomes for children using a strength based approach.
● Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and
across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
● Good communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic,
including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
The post holder will be expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade of the post, including
deputising or working flexibly across the week to meet the business demands. This job profile is provided for guidance only.
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