Social Worker - Children With Disabilities

CEMP; Norwich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Social Worker focused on Children with Disabilities in Norwich. The role involves assessing and supporting children with complex needs and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This opportunity offers a competitive salary and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Qualifications

• Ability to work with children with disabilities.
• Experience in social work practices and assessments.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Case holding and identifying needs for children with disabilities.
• Developing support packages in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Maintaining links with internal and external partners.

Skills

Case Management

Support Assessment

Communication

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Social Worker - Children With Disabilities

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Social Worker - Children with Disabilities | 7325 | secondment opportunity/ temporary contract to cover maternity/paternity/adoption leave for 12 months | 37 hours per week | £38,626 to £40,476 per annum (Grade J) | Norwich

We are pleased to announce an opportunity for a one year secondment, starting in February 2025 for a Social Worker with the Children with Disabilities Service, Norwich team.

Our Children with Disabilities (CWD) service provides support to children and young people with substantial and permanent disabilities who are 0-18 years of age. We have three teams which cover Norfolk and they are multi-disciplinary consisting of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Assistant Practitioners.

The CWD Norwich Team are a close-knit team working in a multi-disciplinary approach to support children, young people and their families across all aspects from initial referral to their full journey through Childrens Services including CIN, CP, CLA and transitioning to Adulthood. We maintain strong links with internal and external partners to ensure a holistic response to the needs of the children, young people and families we are working with.

The Social Worker will be case holding, working to identify areas of need, identifying support packages that are appropriate to meet the identified needs and pieces of individual work through our CWD Occupational Therapists or CWD Outreach to enable young people have more equal opportunities as that of their non-disabled peers.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact Shelley Moore, Team Manager, at

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria we are looking for.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• Norfolk Rewards our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions.
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
  

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 16 June 2025

Closing date: 23 June 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Individual and Family Services

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