Social Worker - Child Health & Disability Team

JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Social Worker - Child Health & Disability Team
Specialism: Children's Social Care
Location: Cardiff, UK
Salary: £38.43
Salary Type: Hourly
Contract: Ongoing, Full Time/Part Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Social Worker to join the Child Health & Disability Team in Cardiff. Offering an attractive hourly rate of £38.43 and ongoing full-time or part-time working arrangements, this role provides an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children with disabilities, additional needs and their families. Working within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency environment, you will undertake assessments, develop care and support plans, contribute to safeguarding arrangements and ensure children receive appropriate, personalised support. The team operates a flexible working model incorporating home working, agile working and local office-based arrangements.

Perks and benefits:

• Competitive hourly rate: Earn £38.43 per hour in a specialist children's social care role.

• Flexible working arrangements: Benefit from a mixed working model incorporating home working, agile working and local office-based working.

• Ongoing opportunity: Secure an ongoing assignment with opportunities to contribute to specialist children's services.

• Professional development: Strengthen your expertise in child health and disability social work, safeguarding, multidisciplinary collaboration and complex family support.

What you will do:

• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency professionals, partnering with families to assess needs and deliver appropriate support for children with disabilities and additional needs.

• Complete Wellbeing Assessments, undertake child protection enquiries and develop, implement and review individual care and support plans.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of effective systems and processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality children's social care services.

• Work within a multi-agency framework to provide coordinated support to children and families, ensuring appropriate interventions and services are in place.

• Attend Child Protection Conferences, Children Looked After Reviews and court proceedings where required, providing professional assessments, reports and recommendations.

• Provide specialist advice and guidance across the wider children's services team in relation to children with health conditions, disabilities and additional needs.

• Participate in the team duty rota and regular team meetings, maintaining high standards of professional communication, written documentation and verbal practice.

• Offer peer support and professional guidance to newly qualified social workers, contributing to knowledge-sharing and team development.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• A Degree or Master's in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or an equivalent recognised qualification.

• Appropriate professional registration with Social Care Wales, where required for practice.

Experience:

• Previous experience working within a Child Health & Disability Team.

• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting children and families.

• Experience of undertaking assessments, developing and reviewing care and support plans, and contributing to child protection enquiries.

• Experience of multi-agency working and partnership collaboration with families and professionals.

• Ability to demonstrate high-quality written and verbal communication, professional judgement and effective case management.

• Experience supporting newly qualified social workers would be advantageous.

Cardiff offers an excellent opportunity to develop your career within specialist children's social care, working alongside multidisciplinary professionals to improve outcomes for children with disabilities and additional needs. This position provides