About the Team:
The Children with Disabilities Team supports children with complex and profound needs as a result of their disabilities.
The team is passionate about working with children, families and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable children. ?The team undertake Family Help Assessments and works with Children in Need, children subject to Child Protection Plans and Children in Care. ?A multi-disciplinary approach is modelled in the team in partnership with both universal and mainstream services to support children, young people and their families.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education. Find out why we are good Ofsted.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
- Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
- Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
- A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
- We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
About the Role:
We are recruiting for the role of Social Worker in our Children with Disabilities Team covering the North of the County (Bedworth, Nuneaton and North Warwickshire) The position is full time for 37 hours per week and on a permanent contract basis.
- You will be based at our Hillary Road Office in Nuneaton.
- Your working pattern will be 9am – 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am – 5pm on Fridays
- Occasionally we may ask that you work outside of these hours for example, in an emergency,
- We offer a mixture of office and home based working. The expectation is you are office based at least twice per week.
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Key Requirements:
- We are looking for an ambitious, professional, conscientious social worker to join our team.
- Ideally, you will need to have experience of children and young people with complex needs and disabilities.
- Be knowledgeable around the challenges experienced by families as a whole and be skilled in completing assessments and developing outcomes focussed and child-friendly?plans.?
- You will be a team player, working with colleagues in a range of disciplines, sharing knowledge, and providing support and advice to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and their families.
Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specifications below:
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!?
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
To discuss the role please contact Zoe Taylor, Team Manager. zoetaylorsc@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing Date 5th June 2025
Interview Date: 12th June 2025
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more?
