Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team in Oldbury

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.

Responsibilities and Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

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 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. 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.

At Sandwell Children's Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need. With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust. Working for us There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children's Trust. From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development. Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children's Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team.

Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: https://sandwelldeal.co.uk. Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people. While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.

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.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
• The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
• Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
• Access to a range of family friendly policies.

Benefits & Rewards

• Up to £6,500 re-location package
• Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
• 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
• Access to a range of discounts on products and services
• Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
• Refer a friend scheme
• Wellbeing initiatives and forums
• Discounted gym membership
• Eye care vouchers

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