Social Worker - Children with a Disability Team

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Organisation: Kirklees Directorate Children & Families

Service Area: Child Protection & Family Support

Hours: Job 1: 37 hours; Job 2: alternate between 2 and 3 days each week of 2.5 days per week

Number of Jobs: 2

Location(s): Across Kirklees

Position type: Permanent

Grade: Grade 9-11

Salary: £34,434 - £44,075

Enhancements / additional payments details: Market Rate Supplement of £1500 will apply to Level 3 Social Worker which is reviewed annually.

Advert Wording: We’re Kirklees – Come and Join our team. Are you a committed and enthusiastic social worker? Are you looking for a new opportunity in an innovative and supportive environment? We are currently recruiting social workers to join our Children with a Disability Team which is part of the wider Assessment & Intervention Service.

We are looking for:

• A commitment to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare.
• Experience in a social care setting with ability to assess needs, identify appropriate social work interventions, plan, prioritise and evaluate.
• Communication and collaboration skills to build productive working relationships in a multi-agency environment.
• The ability to engage individuals, families and carers and use their views to inform assessments, plans and interventions.
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant trends, policies, regulation and safeguarding, proactively using supervision to reflect critically on practice, explore different approaches and understand the boundaries of professional accountability.
• The ability to co-work and mentor less experienced practitioners.
• Willingness to work towards Practice Educator Level 1 or 2 or already have a Practice Educator qualification.

We Offer:

A Restorative Practice approach to social work which involves innovation and locality working with high quality relationships at the heart of our approach. You will work with manageable caseloads and we will ensure that you have high-quality professional development and receive high standards of induction, supervision and management. Your emotional well-being is very important to us and each area has an emotional well-being champion ensuring we have emotionally resilient practitioners. We have a bespoke learning and development offer at all levels of social work allowing you access to professional development opportunities enabling you to develop and progress your career. Our well-established career structure also supports us to develop our own managers and leaders.

For more information or to have an informal discussion please contact Beverley McClure on 01484 221000.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process. We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. If you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date: 25 May 2026, 11:55 PM