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About the role Derbyshire County Council have an exciting opportunity for a caring and determined Community Care Worker to join the Children with Disabilities Service in the Erewash team. This role offers progression and development, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to use your skills and experience to genuinely improve outcomes for children and young people. The position is within a busy social work team with an experienced and committed group of colleagues, supported by a highly competent Practice Supervisor and experienced Team Manager. The role is based at The Hub, South Normanton and travel will be required across the Erewash area. We are looking for motivated and dedicated applicants who can demonstrate a passion for working with vulnerable individuals within society and making a difference to children and families. What will you be doing? The role involves a range of tasks linked to social work practice in the locality including.<ul> <li>Parenting assessments</li> <li>Supporting family time</li> <li>Direct work with children</li> <li>Supporting plans for children and families.</li> <li>Engaging with other agencies and partner organisations</li> </ul> What skills and experience do you need?<ul> <li>NVQ Level 3 in Care or equivalent, or willing to work towards once in post (refer to job and person profile for more information).</li> <li>Experience of creating rapport and building effective relationships with families.</li> <li>Knowledge of Child Protection, child development and parenting abilities</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li> <li>Excellent assessment and IT skills.</li> </ul>Our Community Care Worker Role attracts a starting salary of £29,719 with annual increments to £33,004 pro-rata. We believe that hard work and commitment to your role should be rewarded, so we offer a package that will ensure you always feel supported and valued:<ul> <li>Diverse range of cases providing an exciting, challenging and rewarding career</li> <li>Excellent supervision and a supportive peer network</li> <li>A development programme (specific to your role) - to enable you to gain confidence and competence in your role and regularly network with your peers across the department</li> <li>Fantastic opportunities to undertake further formal qualifications, including social worker degree, and career progression through our career pathways.</li> <li>DBS check undertaken and paid for by us</li> </ul>If you would like to talk to someone informally about this post, please ring and ask for Louise Riley on 01629 531789. For more information on our services please visit Children and family services - Derbyshire County Council What benefits do we offer you?<ul> <li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li> <li>generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme</li> <li>travel expenses</li> <li>discount on leisure centre memberships</li> <li>free car parking at most sites</li> <li>an in-house counselling service</li> <li>occupational health service</li> <li>access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist</li> <li>cycle to work scheme</li> </ul>Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks. Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here CS1 We welcome applications from individuals who share our values - being Collaborative, Innovative, Empowered and Accountable. These values describe who we are and what we stand for as a council. They help shape our culture, encourage consistent behaviour and guide how we work together to make a positive difference for both our employees and the residents we serve.

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Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and families? Starting Point, Derbyshire's leading front door service, is currently seeking a dedicated Community Care Worker to join our dynamic team. We have the following positions available: 2 Posts Permanent - 37 hours per week 1 Post Permanent - 22 hours and 12 minutes per week 1 Post fixed-term for a period of 12 months - 37 hour per week At Starting Point, we are driven by the goal of providing exceptional services to children and families across Derbyshire. As a Community Care Worker, you will play a crucial role in assessing requests for intervention and determining the appropriate support needed. The work environment is fast paced, requiring confident decision-making and effective teamwork. Building strong relationships with partner agencies and localities within Derbyshire is vital to ensure successful collaboration. Starting Point is an office-based service and this position does not have direct face to face contact with service users or members of the public - therefore excellent telephone communication skills are required. Our Community Care Workers are referred to as Referral Co-ordinators within our operating model. There are 3 staff teams within Starting Point and Referral Co-ordinators on a rota basis support all areas of work. These teams are our Initial Response Team, Child Protection/Level 4 team and Child in Need/Early Help level 3 team. Referral Co-ordinators are responsible for information gathering and triaging work in line with Derbyshire's Stronger Families Safer Children model and Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children's Board Threshold document. Team managers, Practice Supervisors (Social work) and Social Workers initially screen incoming referrals and assign work across the service. Managers, Practice Supervisors (Social work) and Social Workers support staff with advice and discussion on thresholds. You will be responsible for triaging the information provided in referral by gathering information from agencies and talking to Parental Responsibility holders about the child or young person. You will liaise with partner agencies - including providing advice, guidance and signposting to universal/community Services. In liaison with the Managers, PS and SW's, threshold decisions will be made in terms of outcomes for the referral and further actions, whether this is no further action, or referral to the Early Help Team or Social Care. There are local timescales set to ensure that work is completed in a timely manner. You will be required to undertake further training and development. Good IT skills and a working knowledge of Mosaic are essential. Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks. Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here CS1 We welcome applications from individuals who share our values - being Collaborative, Innovative, Empowered and Accountable. These values describe who we are and what we stand for as a council. They help shape our culture, encourage consistent behaviour and guide how we work together to make a positive difference for both our employees and the residents we serve.

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Derbyshire County Council have an exciting opportunity for a caring and determined Community Care Worker to join our Clay Cross Social Care team, based in the North East and Bolsover locality. This role offers progression and development, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to use your skills and experience to genuinely improve outcomes for children and young people. The position is within a busy social work team with an experienced and committed group of colleagues, supported by a highly competent Practice Supervisor and experienced Team Manager. We are looking for motivated and dedicated applicants who can demonstrate a passion for working with vulnerable individuals within society and making a difference to children and families. What will you be doing? The role involves a range of tasks linked to social work practice in the locality including.<ul> <li>Parenting assessments</li> <li>Supporting family time</li> <li>Direct work with children</li> <li>Supporting plans for children and families.</li> <li>Engaging with other agencies and partner organisations</li> </ul> What skills and experience do you need?<ul> <li>NVQ Level 3 in Care or equivalent, or willing to work towards once in post (refer to job and person profile for more information).</li> <li>Experience of creating rapport and building effective relationships with families.</li> <li>Knowledge of Child Protection, child development and parenting abilities</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li> <li>Excellent assessment and IT skills.</li> </ul>Our Community Care Worker Role attracts a starting salary of £29,719 with annual increments to £31,691 pro rata. We believe that hard work and commitment to your role should be rewarded, so we offer a package that will ensure you always feel supported and valued:<ul> <li>Diverse range of cases providing an exciting, challenging and rewarding career</li> <li>Excellent supervision and a supportive peer network</li> <li>A development programme (specific to your role) - to enable you to gain confidence and competence in your role and regularly network with your peers across the department</li> <li>Fantastic opportunities to undertake further formal qualifications, including social worker degree, and career progression through our career pathways.</li> <li>DBS check undertaken and paid for by us</li> </ul>For more information on our services please visit Children and family services - Derbyshire County Council What benefits do we offer you?<ul> <li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li> <li>generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme</li> <li>travel expenses</li> <li>discount on leisure centre memberships</li> <li>free car parking at most sites</li> <li>an in-house counselling service</li> <li>occupational health service</li> <li>access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist</li> <li>cycle to work scheme</li> </ul>Provisional Interview Date: 30 January 2026 Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks. Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here CS1 We welcome applications from individuals who share our values - being Collaborative, Innovative, Empowered and Accountable. These values describe who we are and what we stand for as a council. They help shape our culture, encourage consistent behaviour and guide how we work together to make a positive difference for both our employees and the residents we serve.

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