Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Team

Berkshire Sensory Consortium; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market supplement

Job summary

Achieving for Children in Twickenham is seeking Social Workers to join the Children with Disabilities Team. You will assess needs, develop individual care plans, and chair multi‑agency meetings to keep plans on track and ensure the child’s voice is heard.

Candidates must have a degree in social work, valid Social Work England registration, and ongoing professional development, plus experience with abuse or neglect cases. AFC values support, wellbeing and development for staff and families.

Qualifications

• Degree in social work with relevant professional qualification.
• Active Social Work England registration and ongoing CPD.
• Understanding of child development and multi‑agency factors.
• Experience with abuse/neglect cases.
• Knowledge of factors affecting parenting capacity.
• Experience maintaining records and reports for stakeholders.
• Knowledge of statutory legislation (Children’s Act).
• Commitment to AFC values and vision.

Responsibilities

• Assess the needs of children with disabilities and their families.
• Develop individualised plans and chair meetings with parents/carers and professionals.
• Engage children and families using a range of interventions to realise plan objectives.
• Contribute to development and implementation of Head of Service–supported projects.
• Support students on placement and newly qualified staff, with possible Practice Educator training.
• Act as a link to one local specialist school.

Skills

Degree in Social Work

SW England Registration

CPD

Holistic assessment

Child abuse cases

Parent capacity awareness

Record keeping

Children’s Act knowledge

Organizational values

Education

Social Work Degree

Job description

We are offering a £3000 annual market supplement for this role!

We’re celebrating anOUTSTANDINGOfsted outcome acrossallareas and we’re looking for Social Workers to join our teams!

Ofsted recognised that our leaders put support, well-being, and development at the heart of our offer to the workforce, creating an environment where staff feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow. To find out more clickhere.

If you're looking for a workplace that invests in you, champions excellence, and puts people first – this is your opportunity!

The Children with Disabilities Team is a dynamic and responsive team working with disabledchildren and their families. The service is responsible for all aspects of children's social workfrom assessment and analysis, through to long term planning. There is a strong emphasison multi agency working and strong links with services providing support to children and families in need of early intervention.

The post is co-located with other colleagues involved in the lives of children with disabilities and their families.The Children with Disabilities Team works with children from the initial referral through to adult services if required. The successful candidates duties will include:

• Assessing the needs of children with disabilities and their families
• Developing individualised plans, and chairing meetings to ensure plans are on track in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals involved in the child's life
• Use a range of interventions and skills to engage children, young people and their families in working towards the objectives of their individual care plans and ensuring that the we hear the voice of the child
• Development and implementation of projects as supported by Head of Service
• Contributing to the supporting of students on placement, and newly qualified staff (some opportunity to complete Practice Educators Course/other relevant training)
• Being a link person for one of our local specialist schools

For further information about this role, please contact Aisling Dee by [e-mail] an informal discussion.

• Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
• Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professionaldevelopment.
• A good understanding of how the varying factors of a child’s life play a part in their developmentand an ability to adapt how you work with young people (particularly disabled children) in response to issues.
• Experience of working on cases with the various forms of abuse and neglect that pose a threat tochildren and young people.
• A good knowledge of the varying factors that affect a parent’s ability to care for their child andidentify early warning signs of when these may lead to harm.
• Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producingaccurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may includefamilies, children or young people).
• Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children’s Act) and national policy drivers thatwill affect children’s services and your role.
• A passion for Achieving for Children’s vision, mission and values (trust, value. respect) to supportchildren and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.