Social Worker - Children with Disabilities Grade 11-14 (£45,510 - £53,607)

Your Croydon; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job description

Social Worker / Advanced Social Worker – Children with Disabilities Service – Croydon Council

Salary: Grade 11-14 (£45,510 - £53,607)

Permanent – 36 hours per week
Retention Payment – £2,500

Hybrid working

Job Purpose

We expect children and families in Croydon to receive outstanding services from our social work staff. We want our staff to have high expectations and high challenge of their practice and each other. It’s an exciting time to be joining us. To meet the changing needs of our children and families we have invested in creating the conditions for social work to flourish. We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join Croydon in our Children with Disabilities Service. There has never been a greater focus on children’s services in Croydon than right now, making it an exciting place to take the next step in your social work career. Our statutory service for children and young people with disabilities serve 1200 residents and we need your passion and commitment as a social worker. We are seeking Social Workers who genuinely care, and who want nothing but the best outcomes for Croydon’s children and their families. We are committed to doing things differently, taking into account current research and best practice, and are looking for people who want to be part of this journey. We are looking for a social worker who is capable of working with professionalism and empathy in equal amounts and can demonstrate that they are skilled in managing complex cases, preferably with disabled children (having working experience with children with disabilities is not essential). Your experience of working in a statutory setting will allow you to operate with confidence and emotional intelligence – making effective assessments, implementing plans, delivering interventions and undertaking court work where required.

Essential Requirements

We are looking for confident Qualified social workers, that are Social Work England Registered and that have completed their ASYE and who can demonstrate their skills, resilience and experience in:

1. Making relationships to create change.
2. Identifying and working with our families’ strengths.
3. Managing complex cases.
4. Working with families and children with disabilities.
5. Excellent analytical and writing skills and the ability to incorporate our systemic practice model which builds on families’ strengths with a focus on protective factors.
6. Effective time management skills to deliver within expected timeframes.

Why Join Us

In Croydon, our Children's Services has an established Systemic Practice model, experienced leaders, and high support for practitioners. Croydon people and staff are diverse, and we celebrate difference through focus on anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice. We are committed to delivering excellent social work practice and services to our children and families. As well as this we also offer the following:

• Our teams consist of experienced Social Workers at various levels.
• Join a highly diverse workforce.
• Reflective supervision is actively promoted and supported.
• The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change.
• Caseloads of Social Workers are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice.
• You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise.

Benefits

You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:

• Highly competitive compensation package.
• Accredited Systemic Practice training.
• A range of CPD opportunities.
• 29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more.
• A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%.
• Continuing Professional Development – genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career.
• Management development programmes.
• Investment into your wellbeing.
• Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more).
• We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance.

Full time 36 Hours

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Closing date 11 May 2025 @11:59pm

Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check.