Social Worker - Children with Disabilities, South Essex
Permanent, Full Time*
£32,408 to £48,622 per annum
Location: Basildon
Working Style:
Closing Date: 30th April 2024
This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and Experienced Social Workers. The starting salary for a NQSW is £32,408 per annum and this will rise to £36,101 per annum on successful completion of the ASYE programme.
*At Essex County Council, we value our colleagues' well-being and recognise the importance of flexibility in the demanding field of children's Social Care. That's why we're excited to introduce an innovative approach to work-life balance: the nine-day working fortnight, designed specifically for full-time frontline Social Workers within Children’s services.
Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, family support and effective social work interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.
Children with Disabilities
The Children and Young People with Disabilities Service supports children and young people up to 25 years old with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their families. The service works out of offices in Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow. Each office has four teams that work closely with each other to provide a smooth and integrated service.
The teams are:
1. 0 – 16 Social Care
2. 16 – 25 Social Care
3. Occupational Therapy (OT)
4. Preparing for Adulthood (PFA’s)
A high needs further education team processes applications for additional funding to help learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities access Post 16 college provision.
Job Purpose Summary
Managing a defined caseload, the social worker is responsible for working effectively with children, young people and families/carers to achieve positive change and improved outcomes. This includes enquiry, assessment, purposeful intervention through direct work and review in relation to Child Protection, Child in Need and Children Looked After; achieving permanency through care for Children in Care.
What you will need
· Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent and registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.
· Demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards. Professional Capability.
· Framework (PCF), Knowledge & Skills Statement (KSS).
· Demonstrate an ability in the application of social work knowledge, using emotional intelligence, analytical skills and act with confidence in challenging social and family situations.
· A good working knowledge and ability to use information technology and related systems. Word, social work case recording systems.
· Required to work flexibly as required, very occasionally including evenings and weekends
The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.
Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us
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