Childrens Social Worker - IDS (South) - Social Care Qualified

ob Category : Social Care Qualified

Location : Powys County Hall, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, 

Powys County Council 

Hours Per Week : 37

Start Date : Immediate start

Salary: £29.64 per hour

About the role:

We are looking for a qualified social worker to join the Children�s Integrated Disability Service, in South Powys. We are a team of social workers and Wellbeing workers that closely link in with health, education, and other organisations to assess and support children with signifcant disabilities or health diagnosis. You will be based in the South of Powys and this role encompasses part office based, part working from home.

This role is a social work role, and the work that we undertake is similar to that of any other social work team in terms of assessing, planning and reviewing. We have excellent relationships with our health and education colleagues who feed into assessments and plans and support us to understand the impact of a child�s disability or complex health need in order to inform this process. 

About you:

-We are looking for a team player, who is able to think on their feet, think outside of the box, and be willing to support their team where needed, whilst also utilising the experience within the team to ensure good outcomes for children with disabilities and their families.

-You will need to have person centred skills: our work often requires compassion, good listening skills and empathic approaches to working.

– You will need to have experience of developing and reviewing care plans that are child focussed

-You will need to be registered with Social Care Wales.

– Desirable � experience of effectively managing differing priorities eg CP, CLA and Care and Support. 

– Desirable � experience of working effectively with a range of professionals and ensuring that the best interest of the child is always advocated for. 

What you will do:

-This social work role encompasses elements from across the field of childrens social work, as the IDS team are a through care team and you could be undertaking a mixture of social work practices; new cases for assessment, Care & support, Child protection, children that are looked after and on occasion, some court work/ adoption work. 

-We are offering a manageable case load, in an experienced, friendly, and supportive team.

-We support children who have a disability or health diagnosis to lead a happy, stable, and fulfilling life. This could mean supporting children who experience neurological impairment, learning disabilities, and/ or various health diagnosis, such as Cerebral Palsy, Down�s syndrome, genetic conditions, Epilepsy, sensory impairment, and mobility impairment. Some children we support have health input, or a comorbidity diagnosis and could also experience mental illness, trauma, Autism, or ADHD. 

-We also undertake carers assessments as part of the social work role � this aspect has now been simplified by being embedded in the Wellbeing Assessment.