Overview
We have 4 Children's Disability teams across the county, and they provide specialist services for children and young people with complex disabilities. These are small teams of highly dedicated Social Workers that support children and families to reach the best outcomes in a timely manner, enabling them to live their lives to the full. We also are supported by a team of skilled Family Practitioners who assist in facilitating behaviour management work and undertaking direct work. Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our County. They take pride in supporting children and families and we are equally proud to help them give their best in whatever ways we can. You can also expect our commitment to creating the best service we can. Working with us means collaborating across our different teams, and sharing best practice, knowledge, and experience to continually improve the way we do things. Support is important, as we work in a big county with some diverse challenges - but together we can meet all kinds of needs and demands.
Responsibilities
* based within a small team of between seven and eight social workers.
* holding and managing a workload of children and young people and prioritising all work
* undertaking direct work with children and their families and their carers which provides high support and high challenge and aims to support families to find solutions to their own challenges.
* providing high quality and timely assessments and reports in the agreed format for Court's, Child Protection Case Conferences, Statutory Reviews and any other forum
* maintaining client records.
Qualifications
* be a Qualified Social Worker with post qualification experience working directly with children and families and be committed to supporting children to remain with their families.
* be registered with Social Work England.
* have excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships with children, families and other professionals.
* be a team player.
* have the ability to engage and communicate with disabled children and be committed to ensuring the children on your case load receive the best quality service.
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