Consultant Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Assessment Hub

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Consultant Social Worker in the Children with Disabilities Team. You'll support children and families with complex needs, working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary environment. This role emphasizes building strong relationships and enhancing life experiences for children and young people.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee

Refer a Friend package

Agile working

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children and families.
• Ability to support and advise staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work oversight within the team.
• Support and advise specialist qualified staff.
• Liaise with social work teams.

Skills

Social Work

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Job description

About the Team:

The Children with Disabilities Team is a county wide team comprising of both Social Workers and Family Support Workers. The team is structured into specialised hubs.

This position will be based within the Children with Disabilities Assessment Hub, which progresses 10 Day Family Help Assessments and identify the needs and outcomes for Children and Young people. The Consultant Social Worker will help to provide social work oversight within this team, supporting and advising specialist qualified staff, liaising with the social work teams and undertaking consultations.

The Children with Disabilities Team offers support to children and young people, 0 - 18 years, with complex additional needs, their siblings, and parent/carers. We deliver services to enhance the life experiences and improve outcomes for children and young people with a disability. We focus on the strengths/abilities of children and their families to enable children and their family members to achieve the aspirations and their identified outcomes, meet their full potential, and maximise their independence.

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 Consultant Social Worker in our Children with Disabilities Team Assessment Hub countywide.

• The Children with Disabilities Team (CwDT) are looking for experienced and dedicated Social Workers who are passionate about working with children and their families.
• You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team and work collaboratively to support and safeguard children
• Work directly and closely with children and their families to build upon family strengths.
• Support less experienced staff members and provide support to the team in the team managers absence

Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure

Key Requirements:

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

You will be expected to travel across Warwickshire County Council as part of this role.

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 Specification:

Consultant Social Worker - Grade O

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. 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.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

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.

This role requires employees to undergo Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV). This process ensures that individuals who are not police staff but have physical or remote access to police premises, information, intelligence, financial, or operational assets are assessed for their reliability and integrity. This assessment determines their suitability for clearance to work within police premises.

To discuss the role please contact Caroline Abbott, [e-mail].

Closing Date:17^th June 2025
Interview Date:20^th 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 [e-mail] 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