Social Worker - Children with Disabilities team

Salford Council; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Salford Council is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join the Children with Disabilities team. This exciting 12-month fixed-term role invites driven and passionate individuals to advocate for families and provide high-quality services that enable children to fulfil their potential. Flexible hybrid working options are available, alongside a competitive salary and extensive benefits package.

Benefits

Up to 34 days holiday a year

Free parking

Robust training offer and mentoring scheme

Hybrid working for better work/life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in social work is preferable but not essential if willing to learn.
• Drive and passion for support work with disabled children emphasized.

Responsibilities

• Building trusted relationships central to decision-making.
• Supporting children and families through various levels of intervention.
• Connecting families to networks of opportunity and support.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Social Worker

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30.06.2025

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Job Description:

Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team

Grade: 3C to 4A (£37,938 to £44,711) level 2 and 3 Social workers

Contract type: 12 month fixed term

We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford. We are investing in the right social workers to get us there across our teams from newly qualified social workers to team managers including those who are looking to relocate to the area.

We have a vacancy for an experienced Social Worker to join us in our Children with Disability's Team.

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Are you interested in and passionate about children with disabilities in Salford? Could you make a difference and support children and young people to fulfil their potential?

This is an exciting permanent position which has arisen on a stable, well established team of experienced staff. We are looking for someone who is driven, dynamic and passionate who could advocate strongly for the families they work with and drive forward service developments.

Experience within the field of children with disabilities is preferable but not essential, if you’re passionate about the role and have a willingness to learn and develop Salford would like to invest in you and for you to join our team.

You will support children and families to progress in their journey and many levels of intervention, from assessment, CIN, CP, CLA and court proceedings. You will work in partnership with families and other professionals to deliver high quality services to our families.

In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.

You will be responsible for:

• Building trusted relationships while making sure peoples wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making.
• Supporting children and families to progress plans.
• Connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support.
• Keeping in touch with children, young people and families and taking a genuine interest in how they are, what matters most to them and if anything needs to change.
• Being ambitious, curious with a desire to learn and reflect.

Our offer to you:

• Up to 34 days holiday a year
• Competitive salary following pay and grading review
• Free parking.
• Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
• Recently refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
• Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
• Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.

If you are interested in knowing more about the make-up of our teams, how we work, our offer to you please visit:
https://www.salford.gov.uk/jobs-skills-and-work/council-job-vacancies/be-a-social-worker-in-salford/

We'd love to hear from you and find out more about what you're looking for so if you'd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to [e-mail] and we'll get a call arranged. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.

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