Social Worker- Children with Disabilities Team

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Social Worker- Children with Disabilities Team

Job Description

L2 or L3 Social Worker- Children with Disabilities (CWD)

£37,336 to £45,442 (dependant on experience)

Permanent- full or part-time considered

Excellent relocation package up to £10,000

Countywide

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We are recruiting Social Workers to work within our Children with Disabilities Teams across Norfolk. To help achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families.

There couldn't be a better time to join Childrens Services at Norfolk County Council. Ofsted inspected our children services in November 2022 and published their report in January 2023. We are rated Good in all areas, following significant improvements, and the report recognised that we have transformed our children's services.

Read Ofsted's Inspection of Norfolk Children's Services November 2022 report

Key highlights from the latest report:

• Personal advisers and social workers have caseloads which 'enable them to build enduring and effective relationships with their young people and support them into adulthood'.
• Working in Norfolk you will be empowered to be tenacious and creative in using a range of tools and theoretical frameworks to help children through significant and traumatic experiences.
• Relationship-based partnership working is one of our strengths in Norfolk with an innovative system-wide approach to the delivery of services and a diverse range of multi-agency support services focused on building resilience and ensuring that needs are met quickly and at the lowest level.
• Our executive director of children's services (DCS) Sara Tough is an exemplary leader who champions the needs of children and young people with a strong senior management team who together provide continuity of management and strategic direction.

About us:

The Children with Disabilities teams support children and young people who have a substantial and permanent disability. The needs of the child or young person impacts how their family functions. Family support and early help services cannot meet the family's need. We have established a highly ambitious and successful transformation and improvement programme and already have lots to be proud of; our new 'front door' model has been glowingly endorsed as 'transformed' by Ofsted, our new edge of care services are reducing the need for children to be looked after and we have secured a multi-million-pound investment in our core social care service model. Through Vital Signs, our vision for Children in Norfolk, we use Signs of Safety practice to work with whole family networks and across the whole system to support families to build on their strengths and to achieve the best possible outcomes.

What our Social Workers think:

"Our team are supportive, we look out for each other, we rise to high challenge and expect high support from our team manager which is always available. We are passionate and driven to achieve high standards in our work and this is supported by a team manager who has commitment, positive leadership, focus and high expectations. In return we receive autonomy, flexible working for our individual situations, good quality and structured supervision and case discussion with a focus on analysis and best outcomes for the children and families. We all agree we are committed to making a difference to children, young people and the families in Norfolk through the vision and steer of a fab team manager" Jennifer, Senior Social Worker

You will have:

• Honours Degree or Diploma in Social Work or CQSW.
• Registration with Social Work England.
• Completion of all post qualifying professional requirements including the ASYE.
• Minimum of one years' experience of direct working with children and families.
• Experience of the application of theoretical models and relevant research including Vital Signs
• Experience of best practice.

In return we will offer you:

• A supportive team who cares about your wellbeing and professional development
• We offer flexible working arrangements including condensed four-day week working, nine-day fortnights and other options
• We offer a generous annual leave entitlement - plus the opportunity to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave through our salary sacrifice scheme
• We offer maternity, paternity and adoption pay and time off to support you as your family grows. There is an independently run nursery within the Norfolk County Council grounds which offers priority spaces to our employees
• We offer support if you care for relatives or friends who are older, disabled or seriously ill
• We are committed to promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of our social workers. We provide access to services that support your health and wellbeing, such as confidential counselling and advice, fast-track physiotherapy and NHS Health Checks for employees over 40
• We have a great offer waiting for you, not to mention a great lifestyle in Norfolk to help you with your work life balance.
• All our office-based roles are currently working in a hybrid way between home and office as part of our Smarter Working plans and to support the health and safety of all our colleagues. We anticipate that working remotely will be a key feature of this role and your office base will be in Sprowston, Norwich. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

We are recruiting experienced social workers to our teams countywide. We'd love to tell you more about being a Social Worker in Norfolk! Please call Deborah our Recruitment Business Partner on or email

Job Description and Personal Specification

Applications will be reviewed once submitted so please apply NOW.

Norfolk is a beautiful county, a real hidden gem with over 90 miles of unspoilt coastline, beautiful countryside, the unique Norfolk Broads, amazing wildlife, picturesque market towns and the fabulous seaside resorts of Hunstanton, Cromer and Great Yarmouth. At the heart is the vibrant city of Norwich with excellent shopping, a vast array of restaurants and a pub for everyday of the year. Travel links are extensive with direct rail links to London and Cambridge and Norwich International Airport with flights to Europe and beyond. Living and working in Norfolk - Norfolk County Council

We are committed to equality and inclusion and welcome applications irrespective of gender identity, disability, marital status, ethnic origin, age, pregnancy status, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We are proud to have achieved Carer Friendly Employer Status, Disability Confident Leader Status, the Employer Recognition Scheme award for the Armed Forces Covenant and to be one of the authorities piloting the workforce race equality standard (WRES).