SOCIAL WORKER - CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Pro Social Partners are working with a client in West Berkshire who are seeking permanent Social Workers/Seniors within the Children with Disabilities service paying up to £50,418 (including retention and Golden Hello).

About the Role;

• Conducting assessments and formulating care plans.
• Undertaking direct work with children and families.
• Collaborating with partner agencies to coordinate services.
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Utilising the Family Safeguarding Model you will work in collaboration with other specialist workers including Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Recovery Workers and Mental Health Practitioners to offer group based interventions to families.
• Adopting a strengths based approach and applying motivational interviewing techniques you will work with our families to identify what changes need to be made in their daily life and support them to achieve these.
• You will have the opportunity to work directly with children to understand what’s important to them.
• Your work will take a holistic view of the individual across both their immediate and extended social circles, having full regard to their overall development needs.
• You will access high quality reflective supervision within a multi-disciplinary forum to strengthen information sharing and decision making.

To excel in this role, you should possess the following skills and attributes:

• A recognised Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England
• A genuine passion for working with children and families, with a focus on delivering high-quality care and support
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with colleagues, service users, and external stakeholders
• The ability to work autonomously, managing a varied workload and prioritising tasks effectively
• Sound knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, and procedures within the social care sector

West Berkshire offer excellent employment benefits such as:

• Flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-19.00
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Generous Local Government pension scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.