Social worker/senior social worker (Children with Disabilities)

London Social Work for Children; Ealing; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social service organization in Ealing is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker for the Children with Disabilities team. The role involves managing a caseload of children, undertaking complex assessments, and ensuring best practices in social work are followed. You'll work within a diverse community and contribute to the Council’s vision for Children’s Services. Opportunities for career growth and development are available, along with competitive remuneration packages and a hybrid work approach.

Benefits

Manageable caseloads

Clear career progression

Competitive remuneration packages

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Ambitious and professional senior social worker with extensive experience.
• Ability to manage complex caseloads and provide support.
• Capable of undertaking assessments and implementing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseloads of 16-18 children.
• Conduct investigations and assessments under the Children Act.
• Support students and contribute to best practices in social work.

Skills

Team player

Ambition

Conscientiousness

Cultural awareness

Education

Relevant social work qualification

Job description

Social worker/senior social worker (Children with Disabilities)

Responsibilities of a social worker in the Children with Disabilities team

• Caseloads of about 16-18 children
• To undertake the range of duties and responsibilities on behalf of the Department as specified in the Children Act 1989 and such other legislation as is or may be appropriate to work with children and their families, to include:
  • The investigation of alleged neglect, ill treatment, or abuse of children and to make enquiries as to the need to provide services to such children, instigate Child Protection procedures or an application to a court for an appropriate order in respect of such children
  • The supervision of children subject of a Child Protection Plan
  • The assessment and supervision of children looked after by Ealing in order that statutory duties towards such children are met
  • To undertake the preparation of reports, statements in family proceedings courts and to attend court
  • To undertake assessments, design and implement care/protection plans and encourage the development of quality standards and practice.
• To manage a more complex caseload working with a high degree of personal and professional accountability and autonomy
• To provide innovative social work services to service users
• To follow a guiding principle that children should remain with their own families wherever possible and where this has broken down to plan a secure and permanent future for children
• Promote a learning culture and lead on sharing and disseminating best practice across the department and partnerships and contribute to learning and development activities
• Undertake complex assessments, make sound analytical judgements and utilise the most effective means of providing innovative care packages within budgetary constraints in conjunction with partners and external agencies
• To supervise and support students using the practice educator framework and/or to support and enable learning of others
• To support the Council’s vision for Children’s Services in line with overall corporate objectives.

About you

What are we looking for?

• We are looking for an ambitious, professional, conscientious senior social worker to join our team
• You will be a team player too - working with colleagues in a range of disciplines, sharing knowledge, and providing support and advice to deliver the best possible outcomes for local children and their families
• Someone who will flourish working in a diverse community and be eager to explore new and emerging areas of social work practice.

We welcome applications from experienced international social workers and are happy to sponsor the right candidate.

About Ealing

More than 360,000 people call Ealing home. Our seven towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell Northolt, Perivale and Southall - are diverse, vibrant and lively communities where over 170 languages are spoken. We will enable you to do the work you care deeply about, and our aim is to deliver the infrastructure that allows that to happen.

Ealing is a great place to come and develop your career. You will be supported in this by colleagues and managers who will provide you with the opportunities to grow, gain experience, confidence and become a reflective practitioner.

Ealing is a richly diverse borough and we benefit from close ties to our communities which enriches our work and continually improves our offer. We are alive to the pressures many of our families are facing and work creatively with families and partners to bring about changes which makes the work that much more energising.

We recognise that to recruit and retain the very best social workers and social care practitioners, we need to bring together all our learning and development opportunities into one place. That’s why we have launched the Ealing Social Care Academy. The academy helps our team connect, collaborate, and engage creatively with internal and external partners and service users.

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More directly we can offer you:

• Manageable caseloads
• Clear career progression pathways
• Opportunities to develop and experience different areas of work
• Competitive remuneration packages
• A hybrid approach to working that increases your work / life balance

If you want to find out about this opportunity, please contact our Recruitment lead, Caroline Horsley at: [e-mail]

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