Senior Social Worker - Children's Disability Service - Duty and Assessment Team
Job introduction
Hours of work: 37 Hours Per Week
Working pattern: Full Time
Timescales for our next selection event are as follows:
Closing date for application: Sunday 14 March 2021
Interviews: Thursday 25 & Friday 26 March 2021
If you are experienced but have been out of practice for a while we would love to hear from you.
Newly Qualified Social Workers who have not completed the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment are not invited to apply for these positions.
For more information regarding this vacancy and to apply for the above post, please contact:
Claire Collerson, Operations Manager, Children's Disability Service
Tel: 01323 466052 Mobile: 07827 841033
Email: Claire.collerson@eastsussex.gov.uk
About the role
Our Children’s Disability Service is a specialist team of Social Workers who work with children aged 0 to 19 with severe learning disabilities and complex health needs. We are seeking creative and professionally curious Social Workers who would like to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable children and families in East Sussex.
Our service is made up of two specialist Social Work teams – CDS Duty and Assessment Team (DAT) and CDS Family Support and Looked After (FST/LAC). We work closely together at our offices in Eastbourne.
We know that change can be brought about by doing things differently; its relationships that matter, not statistics and targets. That means our Social Workers spend as much time as possible with children and families, adopting an evidence informed approach. And, we know it works, because our practitioners and families tell us so.
Because it’s a tough job, we ensure our people have the tools and support they need including:
- flexible working practices supported by the latest technology
- access to expert advice and support – including reflective supervision and consultations with child psychiatrists and psychologists
- evidence-based team learning, group supervision, online research tools
- advanced training in partnership with Sussex University
- an exciting new career development framework.
Relationships are the key to best practice
At ESCC our Connected Practice model creates change through meaningful and helpful relationships with children and families – an approach which focusses on enabling young people to lead safe, stable and fulfilling lives at home with their families.
Our practitioners draw on their own resources to develop effective relationships with vulnerable families and children. By working intensively, and using structured interventions, our social workers help families to solve problems themselves ensuring that children are safer and better nurtured.
Progress your learning and training
At East Sussex we know that our staff are individuals with their own career goals. So we have created a clear career development pathway, known as Progress, which maps out all the different options and opportunities for enriching and developing individual careers. It enables staff to build on existing skills and develop new knowledge and it provides clarity around the requirements for pay and progression, social work registration and further accreditation.
Benefits package
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a wide range of benefits including:
- £3k ‘golden hello’ payable to those recruited to the Children’s Disability Service
- relocation costs up to £8k, if you are making a move of more than 20 miles
- interest-free loan for rental deposit
- payment of your Social Work England registration fee.
We’re a family-friendly service which offers flexible working (in agreement with individual line manager) and a focus on wellbeing for all our staff, such as mindfulness training and counselling. Find out more, take a look at the full range of benefits here.
Join us now
Our Social Work practice is high impact. We know we are making a difference because that’s what children and young people tell us and 95% of social workers surveyed would recommend East Sussex as a good place to work. We’ve been awarded the following:
Judged Outstanding by Ofsted July 2018
Local Government Association Chronicle Awards for services to children and business transformation
Silver Award for Best Social Work Employer at the Social Worker of the year Awards 2017
Teaching Partnership status.
So, if you’d like to be part of our progressive team, apply NOW
For more information about Children's Social work in East Sussex please visit https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/jobs/social-work-with-children/
Additional information
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check. Please note that we require evidence of an overseas police check if you have lived or worked abroad.
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.
Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System.
From 6 April 2011 the Home Office has placed a permanent restriction on the number of migrant workers that all Tier 2 (General) Sponsors can recruit. Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.
Company information
East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.
