Grade: JK
Salary: up to £38,296 per annum pro rata
Vacancy Hours: 18.5
Contract Type: permanent.
Weekend Working: No
Closing Date: 23rd June
Interview Date : 30th June
Venue for Interview Manor Road Children's centre
Are you a social worker seeking a new challenge?
Would you like an opportunity to work in a specialist team? We are seeking a social worker to work in this specialist service based in Northallerton.
You will be based in a team of Locality Team leaders, social workers and family support workers providing support and advice to children and young people with significant learning and physical disabilities aged 0-18 and their families.
The role will include completing comprehensive and clear assessments, planning and negotiating packages of support and working in partnership with parents and other professionals and agencies, in order to ensure children and young people have as many opportunities to access community activities and short breaks to ensure they develop daily living and independence skills as possible, and ultimately make a successful transition into adulthood.
There will be a requirement to manage looked after children case work, safeguarding and court work, dependant on knowledge and skills. The work is varied with the focus on the young person and their family life.
We are looking for Social Workers with a ‘can do’ attitude who are child focussed, like to think outside of the box and are creative in their planning with children. The service is committed to providing good quality supervision and support and promote personal development in order to achieve good outcomes for disabled young people and their families.
It does not matter whether you are starting out in your social work career, returning to practice or an experienced worker looking for a new challenge in either a different field or new authority. North Yorkshire Council offers excellent CPD and career progression. We are part of the Department of Education sector lead improvement programme and a member of The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership. We welcome individuals looking to relocate, for further information please see our Relocation Policy. . Applications from newly qualified social workers are also welcomed.
For an informal conversation, we would welcome you to contact Sarah Munday, Locality Team Leader on 01609 535604 or sarah.munday@northyorks.gov.uk.
If you are interested in a career in Social Work and would like more information about this, please contact Samantha Clayton (Head of Effective Practice & QA) on Samantha.Clayton@northyorks.gov.uk.
We have many opportunities to support people wanting to become Qualified Social Workers.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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