Social Worker in Children and Young People Disability Service
4 weeks ago
About the Role
This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in social care with the London Borough of Sutton. As a Social Worker in the Children and Young People Disability Service, you will be responsible for a caseload of children on child-in-need plans, child protection plans, and some who may be looked after and subject to PLO or care proceedings.
You will work closely with colleagues in Health and Education Services, and lead on creating short breaks support packages. You will also have the opportunity to develop skills in supporting young people in their preparation for adulthood, their transition to adult services, and parent carer needs assessments.
About Us
The Children and Young People Disability Service consists of two social work teams, and a team of specialist support workers. We are passionate about achieving the best outcomes for children and young people with disabilities, and promoting robust preparation for adulthood.
We pride ourselves on engaging fully with children and young people, and ensuring that direct work is undertaken so their voices are heard. Our service has a strong learning culture, and there are many training opportunities.
About You
We welcome applications from Social Workers with significant experience in supporting children with disabilities, as well as social workers with experience of other statutory frontline children's services. You will have strong assessment, analytical and risk management skills combined with excellent communication skills.
You will also be able to plan care packages and monitor and review their effectiveness. In addition, we would expect the successful candidate to demonstrate the following competences:
- You are a Qualified Social Worker with a Social Work degree or recognised qualification and registered with the relevant regulatory body.
- You have completed the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).
- You hold the relevant skills, knowledge and aptitude to ensure that all vulnerable people are safeguarded from abuse and that all statutory functions, local policy, procedures are adhered to in a timely manner and documented accordingly.
- You have a compassionate and empathetic approach to work effectively with individuals and families affected by a learning disability.
- You are able to demonstrate understanding, patience, and sensitivity when interacting with service users.
Our Offer To You
We are committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We are constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
We offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply).
- Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only).
- Comprehensive learning and development programme.
- Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities.
- Interest free season ticket loans.
- Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Car parking scheme.
- Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.
- Zip car scheme.
- Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses.
- Confidential wellbeing and counselling support.
- Subsidised gym membership.
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