Advanced Social Worker - Children's Disability Team

Contract Type:
Full Time Permanent

Salary Range: £46,579 - £54,143 + £1,500 Annual Retention Payment
* and Attractive Benefits

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair:
  We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop:
  We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower:
  We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate:
  We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable:
  We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect:
  We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

At Coventry City Council, we are embarking on an incredible journey to create a brighter future for Coventry's children. As a 'Good' Local Authority, we believe in pushing boundaries and delivering excellence for children and families. Our vision is clear, and our social workers are unwavering in their commitment to putting children and families at the centre of their practice.

Be part of our inspiring team, making a meaningful difference in the lives of Coventry's children. Together, let's create a nurturing environment where every child's potential can flourish.

Are you a dedicated and passionate Senior Social Worker / Advanced Practitioner with a drive to make a lasting impact on the lives of children, young people, and families looking to join an Ofsted "Outstanding" authority?

We are currently recruiting an experienced, advanced Social Worker to join our Children's Disabilities team permanently.

You will be responsible for leading plans for children with complex needs and disabilities.

Children and families will be allocated by a team manager, which may include complex case assessments and supervision, including planned intensive interventions of children in care, parents, carers, child protection, and children in need.

You will be responsible for the implementation, monitoring, and reviewing of plans within multi-agency meetings relating to the assessed complex needs of children, young people, and their families. Developing effective working partnerships is key with those within their families, carers, and significant others in the light of the child/young person.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We are looking for an ambitious, professional, conscientious social worker to join our team.

Ideally you will need to have worked with children and young people with complex needs and disabilities, be knowledgeable about the challenges experienced by families as a whole and be skilled in completing assessments and developing outcomes focussed and child-friendly plans.

The children, families, young people, and adults we work with come from a variety of backgrounds and in…