Social Worker – Children with Disabilities – Knowsley

Job Title: Social Worker – Children with Disabilities – Knowsley
Location: Knowsley (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £41,511 – £42,708 per annum (Full time and Part time)

About the Role:

Liquid Personnel are working in partnership with Knowsley Council to recruit a Social Worker within their Children Looked after Team.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will support children up to age 18 with learning disabilities, physical or sensory impairments, chronic or life-limiting illnesses, or multiple disabilities whose needs exceed what Targeted or Early Help services can provide. You will assess the impact of their disabilities and collaborate with parents and carers to develop tailored support plans. These may include Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, Children Looked After (CLA) Plans, Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans, or Continuing Care Plans. Your work ensures that each child receives appropriate care and services to enhance their quality of life and development.

Benefits of working for Knowsley:

• Full time and part time vacancies available with up to 36 hours per week
• A friendly, supportive team who genuinely cares about their employees
• A smaller local authority in easy commuting distance from across the North West
• Hybrid working options
• Free parking
• A new engaging and ambitious leadership team in place, who will ensure that you work in an environment where you feel recognised, valued, and listened to.
• Flexible working, manageable caseloads and a vast array of employee benefits details of which can be found below.

Additional Benefits:

• Knowsley are a Disability Confident Employer,meaning they offer Inclusive & accessible recruitment, offering an interview to disabled people, providing reasonable adjustments, & supporting existing employees.
• Flexible working, Hybrid working arrangements & family friendly initiatives;their flexible working scheme allows you to manage your hours & plan your life more easily. They will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement:starting at 28 days leave with an option to buy additional 10 days leave
• Manageable Workloads- directors of their service work closely with the Heads of Service & Team Managers to ensure caseloads are manageable & you are supported.
• Differentiated sickness absencefor individuals living with a disability.
• Menopause policysupporting women in the workplace.
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Newly Developed Bespoke Four-Week Induction Programme
• High Quality IT Kitsupporting agile working arrangements
• Learning & Career Development:Knowsley offer a wide range of blended learning opportunities available to all employees, which will be relevant to your job & progression
• Supportive Practice Improvement Team – They have a team of experienced staff who build positive working relationships with staff to work alongside you to embed learning from audits or reviews.
• A range of Workers Groups,g., Black & Minority Workers' Group, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Forum, Neurodiverse Staff Support Group.
• Well-being Support:Knowsley want to improve the well-being of our employees both in & out of the workplace
• Apprenticeship Offer
• Secondment Opportunities
• MyTime– Monthly supervisions scheduled with you. This is your one-to-one time solely focused on your career development
• Reflective Supervision – 4 weekly
• Access to Signs of Safety Group Supervision
• Newly Developed Progression Pathway
• Learning at Work Week: A yearly celebration awards to recognise & celebrate individual practice across the council.
• Visible and accessible Leadership including Monthly Principal Social Worker (PSW) drop-in sessions
• Themed Practice Learning Week: Providing a range of bitesize learning opportunities.
• Cycle to Work Scheme:We are committed to greener transport solutions. Our scheme entitles you to significant discounts on the price of a new bike & safety equipment.
• Holidays: Bank holidays.
• Eye Tests:We provide all display screen users with a free eye test on request. We have a corporate eye care scheme which includes a contribution to the cost of glasses
• Childcare Vouchers
• Free Refreshments – Tea, Coffee and Milk
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Credit Union Membership
• VIVUP Discounts & SavingsThe program offers a staff discount scheme.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Hold a Social Work England registration.
• Be eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Social Work Qualification, degree or equivalent.
• At least 2 years' experience as a social worker within children's services.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we willprovide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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