Social Work Assistant

Kent County Council; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is recruiting a full-time Social Work Assistant for the Disabled Children’s Team South within the Strengthening Independence Service. You will assess the needs of children and young people aged 0–17 and support Social Workers while handling an allocated caseload.

The role provides extensive training and supervision, with hybrid working across Rainbow Centre, Ashford; Civic Centre, Dover; Beacon School, Folkestone, and opportunities to develop knowledge and skills within a

Qualifications

• Experience in Children's Services is essential.
• Full UK Driving Licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess the needs of disabled children and young people aged 0–17.
• Support the role of Social Workers within the team and manage an allocated caseload.
• Collaborate with Disabled Young People's Social Work teams and other key agencies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Social Work Assistant in the Disabled Children's Team South within the Strengthening Independence Service. Our team consists of Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Social Work Assistants and Occupational Therapists.

You will be involved in assessing the needs of disabled children and young people aged between 0 and 17. You will be required to support the role of the Social Workers within the team and also to have an allocated caseload yourself. You will work closely with our colleagues in the Disabled Young People's Social Work teams and other key agencies such as Health, Education and the voluntary sector.

There is an extensive training and development programme in place and you will be provided with support and opportunities to further develop your own knowledge and skills with regular supervision.

You will be highly motivated and demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills to deliver the highest quality service to children and young people with disabilities, their families and carers. Experience in Children's Services is essential.

Kent County Council offers a hybrid working model with a combination of home and office working. The contractual bases are the Rainbow Centre, Ashford, the Civic Centre, Dover and the Beacon School, Folkestone. The team covers a large geographical area and there would be an expectation that you are able to work flexibly across the whole area covered by the team.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence - The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.