Children With Disabilities Social Worker

Department: Children’s Social Care

Service: Children with Disabilities

Post Title: Social Worker

Salary:

Full time salaries are:

·         Level 1 Social Worker (ASYE) – from £35,745 to £35,745 per annum

·         Level 2 Social Worker – from £36,648 to £38,223 per annum

·         Level 3 Social Worker – from £39,186 to £41,418 per annum

 

Post status: Permanent

 

We are looking to recruit a forward-thinking, qualified social worker, preferably with some experience of having worked with Children with Disabilities.  We are on the start of a journey in Bury and doing things differently. Social Workers are such an important part of our journey, and we promise to develop your skills and support your learning. We want the best talent in Bury and need practitioners who help influence the services we are developing. We want to help you to grow, deliver confident practice with protected caseloads and be the best you can be.

We are one of the first Authorities in the North-west to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding model of working with families and training will be provided to learn new skills such as motivational interviewing.  You will be working alongside Adult practitioners, giving you more time and scope to work with children.

Working collectively, we prioritise support, training and development to serve within a child centred practice. If you are enthusiastic about children, young people and their families and want to work and develop your practice, then we want to hear from you!

If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the role please contact Helen Beeley Team Manager on 0161 253 6070 or via h.beeley@bury.gov.uk.

 

 The CWD Team

You will be joining an enthusiastic and experienced team who are passionate about outcomes for children with disabilities. The team includes 7 social workers, 4 Family support workers ,assistant team manager and a Team manager. You will contribute to our progress as we continue to establish and embed child focussed ways of working with children, young people and families throughout our work.

Our Values

As a social work practitioner, you will be our most important asset as we build relationships with children and family to effect positive change over the long term. We will commit to supporting you to develop, grow and provide you with opportunities to progress your career aspirations. We actively encourage you to take opportunities to be creative and innovative. We listen, and act on your ideas and feedback.

What we want from you:

§  Have a passion to work with children with disabilities and their families to ensure that they are able to live happy, fulfilling lives.

§  You will have safeguarding knowledge and skills to ensure you can identify, assess and manage risk to our most vulnerable cohort of children and young people.

§  You will be an excellent communicator who will put the child at the forefront of any intervention, valuing their uniqueness, individuality, and strengths. You will have the skills required for, or be enthusiastic about learning how to, communicate with children who are non-verbal.

§  Be the professional that enables our children and young people, to live the best lives possible and prepare them for adulthood by supporting them to have choice and control ensuring their voice.

§  Be committed to delivering best practice in social work, promoting professional values and standards.

§  Be inspired to grow as a member of the social work profession.

§  Be a reliable , dependant team player

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Employee Benefits include:

£1,000 payment to experienced Social Workers (at Level 2 and Level 3) after 12 months’ service, and a further £1,000 after 24 months’ service (conditions apply).

Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).

Pay increases in line with your continued professional development.

Free parking where you work  - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.

Opportunities to develop new and specialist skills.

Innovative training and development opportunities.

Supportive integrated teams and a friendly working environment.

Professional supervision to a high standard.

Local Government Pension Scheme.

A range of attractive work/life balance policies.

25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days on top of that.

Employee discount scheme which provides discounts with local business within the borough as well as a cycle to work scheme and car lease scheme.

Employee Assistance Programme, to support you through difficult times, with things like free counselling, financial or legal advice.

It all adds up to an exciting package.

We’ve improved our interview process too - you’ll get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.

We listen

We hold monthly Voice of the Workforce meetings where we discuss how we can resolve practice challenges and create better conditions for social work to thrive.

We encourage work-life balance

We want our Social Workers to have enough time to relax, spend time with family and friends, and feel good, so that they can do their best at work.

Further information

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Council is currently committed to supporting employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.

The Council is committed to ‘Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore, the Council will guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/care leavers, Armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people,  promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

For further information:

-      Job description and person specification

-      Work demands form (JA1)

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