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Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team

Employer
Essex County Council
Location
England, Essex, Harlow
Salary
£30001.0 - £41000.0 per annum
Closing date
27 Aug 2019

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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:
  • 0 - 15 Social Care
  • 16 - 25 Social Care
  • Occupational Therapy (OT)
  • Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG)
  • 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


    Role Specific Accountabilities

    • Assess, plan, review and provide support to a child, family or carer with complex family or social care needs, taking full account of appropriate legal frameworks, policy and guidance.

    • Assess family functioning, providing help and support, when relationship breakdown threatens to impair the health or well-being of children at risk of abuse or neglect.

    • Work collaboratively, building effective working relationships with other professionals, internally and externally to help children, young people and families improve and gain control of their lives when safety or ability to participate in their community is restricted.

    • Carry out an assessment or enquiry and plan responses to safeguard a child from abuse, neglect or exploitation, building effective relationships with children, adults and families as appropriate, including intervention when information or circumstances suggest there may be a need to remove a child from their parents or carers.

    • Arrange appropriate alternative care (including, where appropriate a permanent home) in collaboration with children, young people and their parents/carers where the parents/carers cannot care for them.

    What you'll need to join our Social Work teams

    • Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent.

    • Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as Registered Social Worker.

    • Demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards e.g. Professional Capability Framework (PCF), Knowledge & Skills Statement (KSS).

    • Case recording.

    • Demonstrate ability in the application of SW 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 e.g. Word, SW case recording systems.

    • Required to work flexibly as required, including evenings and weekends if necessary.

    • Driving licence and car or ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

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