Social Worker Complex Needs (children social care)
Children's Services


Social Worker Complex Needs (children social care)
REQ01135
Address – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford M32 0TH
Salary - £32,878 - £34,788 per annum
Salary Grade - Band 8
Job Type – Social Care
Job Category – Children’s Services
Working Pattern – Full time (Part Time Considered)
Working Hours – 36.25 Hours
Contract Type – Permanent
Closing date – 02/01/2020

Do you want to be part of a Multi - Disciplinary Service?
Trafford Children and Families Service is building a better and safer future for Children and Young People in Trafford. We are looking for a qualified social worker with a commitment to improving partnership working and providing a multi-agency response to children who have disabilities including those in need of protection. We are committed to attracting, retaining and developing a diverse and skilled workforce to support Children, Young People and their families.

Children with Complex Needs
The Complex Needs team are highly regarded by parents and colleagues across Trafford and wider who work closely with parents, school and the community to help parents raise the most challenging children. The Complex Needs (children social care) Team work with children and young people with disabilities and their families providing short breaks, Child in Need, child protection and care proceedings. The work is varied and all your skills as a social worker will be called upon

The team works with a wide range of children and young people with disabilities across the borough up to the age of 18. The service provides support to children with challenging behaviours, autism, learning disabilities, epilepsy and complex health and physical disabilities.

The Complex Needs team supports children with disabilities to remain at home whenever possible and for as long as possible. We are looking for people who can adopt an innovative approach to supporting children's social care and ensure continuity of care to our vulnerable service users. You will have a sound knowledge of legislation relevant to the posts and demonstrable insight into the issues facing children, young people and families. With strong communication and assessment skills, you will have the ability to develop effective working relationships with families and colleagues from various agencies.

The person
With a recognised social work qualification and current HCPC registration, you will have the ability to demonstrate knowledge of a range of social work skills, methods and techniques appropriate to children with disabilities and their families. You will have knowledge and understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people with complex needs. It is essential that you have strong communication and assessment skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships.

We recognise that we need more Social Worker capacity in all our areas of business. We have a journey ahead of us, which we want you to be part of. This demonstrates our investment and commitment in social care to ensure better and positive outcomes for our children, families and young people.

As a Social Worker you will be a confident and ambitious worker, contributing to our journey on restorative relational practice. We have a strong recruitment and retention record here in Trafford Children’s Social Care with fantastic workforce development opportunities for staff. If you are passionate about improving lives for children and young people and supporting staff to thrive, we have posts available.

Successful candidates will be supported through the existing Reflective Supervision and the PDR process. You will also have the opportunity to develop experience and skills across a wide range of teams and approaches and will be fully supported in this.

If you have any queries or for an informal chat, please contact Ric Johnson on 0161 912 2060.

Click here to apply.

Job Description
Location
Trafford Town Hall
Vacancy Description
 

Social Worker Complex Needs (children social care)
REQ01135
Address – Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford M32 0TH
Salary - £32,878 - £34,788 per annum
Salary Grade - Band 8
Job Type – Social Care
Job Category – Children’s Services
Working Pattern – Full time (Part Time Considered)
Working Hours – 36.25 Hours
Contract Type – Permanent
Closing date – 02/01/2020

Do you want to be part of a Multi - Disciplinary Service?
Trafford Children and Families Service is building a better and safer future for Children and Young People in Trafford. We are looking for a qualified social worker with a commitment to improving partnership working and providing a multi-agency response to children who have disabilities including those in need of protection. We are committed to attracting, retaining and developing a diverse and skilled workforce to support Children, Young People and their families.

Children with Complex Needs
The Complex Needs team are highly regarded by parents and colleagues across Trafford and wider who work closely with parents, school and the community to help parents raise the most challenging children. The Complex Needs (children social care) Team work with children and young people with disabilities and their families providing short breaks, Child in Need, child protection and care proceedings. The work is varied and all your skills as a social worker will be called upon

The team works with a wide range of children and young people with disabilities across the borough up to the age of 18. The service provides support to children with challenging behaviours, autism, learning disabilities, epilepsy and complex health and physical disabilities.

The Complex Needs team supports children with disabilities to remain at home whenever possible and for as long as possible. We are looking for people who can adopt an innovative approach to supporting children's social care and ensure continuity of care to our vulnerable service users. You will have a sound knowledge of legislation relevant to the posts and demonstrable insight into the issues facing children, young people and families. With strong communication and assessment skills, you will have the ability to develop effective working relationships with families and colleagues from various agencies.

The person
With a recognised social work qualification and current HCPC registration, you will have the ability to demonstrate knowledge of a range of social work skills, methods and techniques appropriate to children with disabilities and their families. You will have knowledge and understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people with complex needs. It is essential that you have strong communication and assessment skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships.

We recognise that we need more Social Worker capacity in all our areas of business. We have a journey ahead of us, which we want you to be part of. This demonstrates our investment and commitment in social care to ensure better and positive outcomes for our children, families and young people.

As a Social Worker you will be a confident and ambitious worker, contributing to our journey on restorative relational practice. We have a strong recruitment and retention record here in Trafford Children’s Social Care with fantastic workforce development opportunities for staff. If you are passionate about improving lives for children and young people and supporting staff to thrive, we have posts available.

Successful candidates will be supported through the existing Reflective Supervision and the PDR process. You will also have the opportunity to develop experience and skills across a wide range of teams and approaches and will be fully supported in this.

If you have any queries or for an informal chat, please contact Ric Johnson on 0161 912 2060.

Click here to apply.

Job Description