Social Worker - Children with a Disability Team

Kirklees Council; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirklees Council is recruiting social workers to join the Children with a Disability Team within the Assessment & Intervention Service. This permanent role is based across Kirklees with a 37-hour week and offers a salary of £34,434 - £44,075 plus a Market Rate Supplement of £1,500 for Level 3 Social Workers.

DBS checks apply. We adopt a name‑blind shortlisting process and provide high quality induction, supervision and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Commitment to safeguarding children and promoting welfare.
• Experience in social care with assessment, planning and evaluation.
• Strong communication and collaboration across multi‑agency partners.
• Ability to engage individuals, families and carers in assessments and plans.
• Up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies and regulations.
• Willing to use supervision to reflect on practice and refine approaches.
• Able to co-work and mentor less experienced practitioners.
• Willing to work towards Practice Educator Level 1 or 2 or already qualified.

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation

Kirklees

Directorate

Children & Families

Service Area

Family help, Permanence & Safeguarding

Hours

37

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Across Kirklees

Position type

Permanent

Grade

Grade 9-11

Salary

£34,434 - £44,075

Enhancements / additional payments details

Market Rate Supplement of £1500 will apply to Level 3 Social Worker which is reviewed annually

Advert Wording

We’re Kirklees – Come and Join our team

Are you a committed and enthusiastic social worker? Are you looking for a new opportunity in an innovative and supportive environment?

We are currently recruiting social workers to join our Children with a Disability Team which is part of the wider Assessment & Intervention Service.

We are looking for experienced or newly qualified practitioners who are able to demonstrate that they:

• Have a commitment to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare
• Have experience in a social care setting with ability to assess needs, identify appropriate social work interventions, plan, prioritise and evaluate
• Have communication and collaboration skills to build productive working relationships in a multi-agency environment
• Have the ability to engage individuals, families and carers and use their views to inform assessments, plans and interventions
• Have up-to-date knowledge of relevant trends, policies, regulation and safeguarding
• proactively use supervision to reflect critically on practice, explore different approaches and understand the boundaries of professional accountability
• Can co-work and mentor less experienced practitioners
• Are willing to work towards Practice Educator Level 1 or 2 or already have a Practice Educator qualification.

We Offer

• A Restorative Practice approach to social work which involves innovation and locality working with high quality relationships at the heart of our approach.
• You will work with manageable caseloads and we will ensure that you have high-quality professional development and receive high standards of induction, supervision and management.
• Your emotional well being is very important to us and each area has an emotional well being champion ensuring we have emotionally resilient practitioners.
• We have a bespoke learning and development offer at all levels of social work allowing you access to professional development opportunities enabling you to develop and progress your career. Our well-established career structure also supports us to develop our own managers and leaders.

For more information or to have an informal discussion please contact Beverley McClure on 01484 221000

Deborah Wilson is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email:or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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Closing date

01 November 2026, 11:55 PM