Social Work Assistant - Strengthening Independence Service

Kent County Council; Kings Hill; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is recruiting a full-time Social Work Assistant for the Disabled Children's Team West 2 within the Strengthening Independence Service. You will assess the needs of disabled children and young people aged 0–17 and support Social Workers with your own caseload.

You will collaborate with Health, Education and voluntary sector partners to deliver high-quality services and participate in an extensive training and supervision programme to develop your knowledge and skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in Children's Services would be essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess the needs of disabled children and young people aged 0–17.
• Support the role of Social Workers with your allocated caseload.
• Work closely with Disabled Young People's Social Work teams and partner agencies (Health, Education and voluntary sector).
• Participate in training and regular supervision to develop your knowledge and skills.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Social Work Assistant in the Disabled Children's Team West 2 within the Strengthening Independence Service. This is an exciting time to join a growing and dynamic team as we build and consolidate good practice in this area of social work.

You will be involved in assessing the needs of disabled children and young people aged between 0 and 17. Our team consists of Social Workers, Senior Practitioners and Social Work Assistants and 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 be required to 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.

As a relatively new service 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 young people with disabilities, their families and carers. Experience in Children's Services would be essential.

Kent County Council offers a hybrid working model with a combination of home and office working. The contractual base is in Worrall House, Kings Hill, West Malling. 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 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.