Social Worker - Children with Disabilities
Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire
- £33,024 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
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(PDF, 313.74kb)Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.Our Social Workers are essential in supporting Cheshire East's children with disabilities throughout all ages. Within the children with disability team, we have the privilege of working with some of the most inspiring, motivating and unique children around. You will never have two cases the same and will develop many new and different skills.The rewards for working within the children with disability is overwhelming and there are many heartwarming and funny stories along the way. You have the opportunity to really build relationships with your children and families along with a vast range of multi-agency professionals.The children we work with are also some of the most vulnerable in society, and you have the opportunity to put all your social work skills to good use in ensuring that their needs are recognised and advocated for along with any areas of risk are addressed.We work across Cheshire East and have the flexibility to be based within Delamere house or Macclesfield town hall. We prioritise flexibility, offering various work locations and hotdesking opportunities to facilitate collaboration with safeguarding teams and services and to ensure that we build strong connections.Relationships at the heart of what we do in Cheshire East and understand the importance of building relationships providing consistent support. Our team currently includes 2 managers, 6 social workers and we are increasing currently to the family service workers, so it is an exciting time to join.A full driving license and access to a car are essential due to Cheshire East's rural nature.We pride ourselves on creating an environment that encourages and embraces a culture of continuous learning, encouraging your professional growth and contributions to your peers. Join us in making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families in Cheshire East. #TOGETHER FOR SOCIAL WORK.Pay Details depending on qualifications and experience;Grade 8 SCP 24-28 - £33,024 - £36,648Grade 9 SCP 28-31 - £33,024 - £39,186Grade 10 SCP 31-35 - £39,186 - £45,291For an informal discussion please contactCheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.For any technical enquiries please emailPlease quote job reference number in all correspondence.