Advanced Social Worker Disabled Children

Job Description

The Service and Team:
Under the leadership and management of a Team Manager or Principal Social Worker,-qualified and registered experienced Social Workers provide a statutory social work service to help and protect children, young people and support their families/carers.

Experienced social workers are more autonomous in their role. They demonstrate expert and effective practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk, striking a balance between support and control, liaising with a wide range of professionals, including more senior levels.

They develop an excellent understanding of the child’s lived experience and are able to convey their views and feelings through high quality practice skills in assessment, planning, intervention and review. They use evidence-based practice to improve the child’s welfare and safety, leading to improved outcomes.

They manage complex caseloads, and offer expert opinion within the organisation and to others. They chair a range of meetings, offer expert support to case conferences, and produce high quality assessments and reports for a range of functions.

They inform, guide and model good practice, setting expectations for others and being to contribute to the public face of the organisation and / or profession. They start to take responsibility and be accountable for the practice of others, mentoring newly qualified social workers, and supervising the work of junior staff.

They undertake capacity‑building with individuals, families, communities, user groups and voluntary organisations, and contribute their views on service provision to commissioners. They work collaboratively and positively with other professionals and partner agencies in order to provide a seamless and coherent service along the continuum of need set out in the Integrated Service model.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

This is a 22.2 hour a week permanent position.

They are committed to continuous professional development and learning through the core curriculum and undertaking accredited post‑qualifying awards. They demonstrate learning in practice and consistently good performance.

They engage positively in reflective supervision and the system for appraising performance. They engage positively in the framework for Quality Assurance and Performance Management.

They act as representatives of the Service and the profession at all times, reflecting the requisite values and ethics in the way they work with service users and colleagues.

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance while still ensuring that service needs are met.

• A competitive salary.
• A defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings, including the option for extra voluntary contributions.
• A generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award‑winning employee health and wellbeing programme.
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision. Cornwall Council is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits. We are committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to keep all service users safe from harm.