Part Time CYPWD Support Worker
Permanent, Part Time
£25,395 to £32,131 per annum, full time equivalent
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style:
Closing Date: Sunday 2nd November 2025 at 11.59pm
Please note that this part time role, offering 18.5 hours per week, with a working pattern of:
1. Tuesday: Half Day - AM or PM.
2. Wednesday: Full day
3. Thursday: Full day
Interview Date: Friday 14th November.
Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It’s an exciting time to join us having received our 2nd Outstanding Ofsted rating in a row.
The Service:
The Children and Young People with Disabilities Service supports children and young people aged between 0 and 25 years old who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, and their families.
The Opportunity
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 the 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.
The purpose of this role is to work within frontline Children and Young People with Disabilities (CYPWD) teams to support the delivery of effective Children’s Social Work. The CYPWD team provides a comprehensive service offer to CYPWD aged 0-15 and 16+ through delivery of outcome focused; timely, targeted work.
The postholder will undertake a range of activities directly with children, young people with additional needs, complex learning and/or physical disabilities, and Autism. Support will be centred on managing behaviour, promoting communication, developing independence skills, and understanding children’s wishes and feelings via direct work activities. Work will also be undertaken with parents to support them in their caring role.
The work can be complex, demanding, and emotionally challenging and the postholder is required to work with dedication and resilience.
Accountabilities
4. Deliver interventions recommended within assessments by the Behaviour Advisory Team (BAT) or Children with Learning Disability Service (CLDS) and/or the social workers child and family assessment which support parents/carers to learn, implement and embed approaches to managing specific behaviours. This may include supporting the family with behaviour and de-escalation strategies, boundaries and routines, sensory needs and input, relationships and puberty. This would also include bespoke programmes of work designed to respond to the needs identified within Child in Need (CIN), Children in Care (CIC) and Child Protection (CP) plans and working closely with social workers on specific time limited work such as keep safe work, social stories, and visual prompts/timetables/schedules.
5. Undertaking sleep assessments (training provided) and subsequent programmes of work to promote sleep and evening routines.
6. Provision of programmes of direct work with children and young people that support the individual to understand their ‘Life Story’ (as part of a care plan) including providing support for siblings of children with additional needs to enable them to understand their sibling relationships. This will entail using observational, direct work and other appropriate skills.
7. Work with children, young people, and whole families to promote the child/young person’s communication system within the home including PECS, Makaton, BSL and Communication Passports.
8. Work with parents/care givers to develop existing parenting skills/capacity through teaching, mentoring and support and application of parenting programmes.
9. Exploration into external community services that would support needs of families.
10. Organised activities which focus on independence skills with our 16+ young people such as cooking, support around behaviour and management, support with travel training, focused independence work to help equip young people to enter adulthood (money and budgeting, employment opportunities).
11. Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
The Experience You Will Bring
12. Significant practical experience building strong, effective relationships with children, young people, and families in times of challenge and crisis.
13. Experience of using positive based behaviour management strategies.
14. Experience of undertaking direct, activity-based work with children, young people, and families.
15. Educated to NVQ/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent level or equivalent by experience in relevant area ., Domestic Abuse, Substance Misuse, Education, Mental Health, Parenting etc.
16. Knowledge of Children Act 1989 and 2004 and other legislative and policy guidance applicable within Childrens Social Care is desirable.
17. Ability to Sign Language is desirable.
Why Essex?
As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.
In February 2025, Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about
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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.
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