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Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team
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Sandwell Children's Trust
Sandwell Children's Trust rated as a Good Provider.
At Sandwell Children's Trust, we firmly believe that the voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive.
Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.
What we can offer you:
- A market supplement of £2,500 pro rata per annum.
- Retention bonus of £2,000 in year 1, £3,000 in year 2 and £5,000 in year 3.
- Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
- Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
- A generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
- Recognition of individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
- Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
- Competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink:
£45,339 - £50,726 pro rata per year*, plus excellent benefits.
Hybrid Working - part time 18.5 hours per week
We are proud to create an environment where our employees are nurtured, caseloads are manageable and continuous professional development is encouraged. With a culture of collaborative working and the child at the heart of everything we do, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent part-time Social Worker to join the Children with Disabilities Team.
The successful candidate will be working with a team that covers all three localities within the Trust. The team complete Single Assessments for children who have profound disabilities, ensuring the right package of care and support are in place for the child/ren and their families. The team also ensure any children that require a statutory care plan is progressed, whereby a variety of plans are progressed within this team, such as children being subject to CIN/CP and CIC plans. In addition, the team also ensure children subject to ‘Short Break’ reviews are also progressed via the needs of the child, ensuring ongoing, or new support packages are progressed.
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As a Social Worker working in the Team you will:
- Undertake a range of assessments with children and young people with disabilities, and their families/carers.
- Undertaking court work.
- Empower children, young people and their families/carers by listening to their views.
- Plan the services required to meet the needs of children, young people and their families/carers and ensure action is taken to implement plans.
- Advocate for children with disabilities and obtain maximum benefits, services and support.
- Make best use of available resources when responding to the needs of children, young people and their families/carers.
- Provide written reports, in a variety of different formats as required.
- Carry out tasks to fulfil the statutory legislative and other requirements for children, young people receiving services.
- Promote children, young people and their families/carers’ cultural needs and challenge discrimination and racism.
- The candidate will work within Sandwell Children’s Trust ethos and values, and promote our Equality, Diversity and Identity (EDI) strategy, to empower children and families.
- It is your responsibility to carry out your duties in line with the Trust’s policy on equality and be sensitive and caring to the needs of the disadvantaged, promoting a positive approach to a harmonious working environment. You should act as an exemplar on these issues and should identify and monitor training for yourself and any employees for whom you are responsible, in line with this policy and the Equalities Act 2010.
- You will be allocated children from Short Breaks, to build positive relationships and provide an immediate response to information or situations concerning risk to vulnerable children.
- Complete Direct Work ensuring the voice of the child is paramount and ensuring the usage of sensory direct tools are promoted and used with children.
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What you need to be successful in this role:
- Experience of working within children and family services
- Sound knowledge of legislation, guidance etc, within chosen service area
- Ability to prioritise, analyse information and make informed decisions
- Ability to work under pressure and balance conflicting demands
- Applicants must have completed their ASYE year
So, if you think your future could lie with a 'Good' Team, then we’d love to hear from you.
To apply please click on the link below to complete an application form and view the Sandwell Deal:
https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/
By joining our team, you will be making a real difference in the lives of children and families. We are dedicated to driving meaningful change and ensuring the best outcomes for those we serve. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.
Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
If you require further information on the role or working for us please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and a member of our Recruitment Team will be happy to give you a call.
Please note that pre-employment checks will be carried out in line with the Department for Education KCSIE Guidance 2022.
Pay rate is inclusive of market supplement.
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