Social Worker: Children with Disabilities

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent Social Work position on the Children with Disabilities Team at Bolton Council, near Manchester.

The salary for this role is up to £37,261 per annum  

Main duties:

• The provision of a purposeful, professional social work service to disabled children and their families, including the assessment of carers needs, in accordance with statutory requirements and Departmental policies
• To contribute to the planning and development of the Team’s and the Department’s services to children and families, as required and as appropriate. 
• To participate in the organisation and administration of the work of the post to ensure the provision of service is completed.
• To provide management information to assist in the setting, implementing and monitoring of the Department’s strategies and services.
• To provide an Office Duty service responding to enquiries appropriately including the provision of generic advice and information to all office callers.
• To undertake assessments of need, analyse risk and create child-centred, SMART plans to address identified needs.
• To undertake Child Protection Enquires where appropriate and take appropriate action to safeguard children’s welfare in line with Departmental and Statutory requirements.
• To assess, evaluate and review programmes of work with disabled children and their families, including the coordination and organisation of services both within and outside the Department.
• To work with Legal Services and the Courts, production of reports within agreed timescales.
• To provide professional knowledge, ideas, advice, evaluation and information to assist in the Department’s planning and development activities and to contribute to policies and standards.
• To attend reviews, case conferences, core groups and provide the appropriate advice, information and support to such forums.
• To plan, implement and review care plans including for children looked after.
• To organise and maintain effective use of IT systems and software
• To take responsibility for continuing development of self.

Requirements for this job:

• CQSW/ DipSW/CSS/ Social Work Degree or equivalent
• An enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service
• SWE – Must be registered with Social Work England

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Imogen Wheeler; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.