Social Worker - Children With Disabilities

Social Worker - Children with Disabilities

Salary: £34,834 - £39,186 - This will be pro-rota depending on the hours worked

Location: Civic Office

Contract Details: Permanent full time

Joining a service where all senior and frontline managers are in permanent positions and our entire workforce is made up of less than 10% agency is something we are proud of. Our collaboration and no blame culture has created this stable workforce. We are one service, all dedicated and willing to go the extra mile to do all we can to keep children and their families together.   

We appreciate our Social workers as they provide support to some of the most vulnerable children and young people of Milton Keynes. It will be down to your expert knowledge and skills which will make you best placed to assess and manage high levels of risk, be solution focused in your approach to put effective safety plans in place. Here at Milton Keynes City Council, we invest in specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions to identify and address the root causes of the challenges families may be facing. You will have these resources at your fingertips to be able to create the best possible plans.  

Flexible working arrangements, a smart phone, laptop, clinical supervision, senior management training & development opportunities are a few of the benefits you will have access to when you work with us as a Social worker.  

Role Responsibility

• Being a Social Worker for children and young people with a disability who are subject to Child In Need, Child Protection and/or Child Looked After plans as defined in the Children Act 1989.  

• To complete a range of assessments which will inform care plans, including Children and Families Assessments, Risk Assessments, Parenting Assessments and Sibling Assessments.   

• Develop care plans for children and young people with a disability and their families, to include provision of respite support and behavioural management recommendations.  

• Represent the Local Authority in public and private law proceedings which will involve giving oral evidence court, writing court statements, care plans and complying with the directions as set out in court orders.   

• Chair Child In Need, Core Group and Professionals Meetings as part of a multi-disciplinary team which will inform assessments and care plans for children and young people.   

• Work closely with colleagues to fulfil duty responsibilities as advised by the Team Manager during office hours.    

• Contribute to raising and maintaining standards of professional social work within a social work team, develop areas of specialist practice, offering expert advice on issues involving Children with Disability. 

Ideal Candidate

• A qualified Social Worker (holding a social work degree or equivalent) registered with Social Work England. 

• Someone who has had experience of working with children and young people with Disabilities and their families or can demonstrate an understanding of the issues affecting this client group 

• Someone who thinks outside the box, is able to challenge others and make evidenced based decisions.    

• Enthusiastic and committed to building a culture based on excellence and collaboration  

• Someone who can work on their own initiative   

• Someone who has access to a car and holds a driving licence 

Package Description

​We are really proud of the benefits we are able to offer our staff here at Milton Keynes City Council, including:-

• Local Government Pension Scheme, excellent pension scheme widely regarded as one of the best available.
• 28 days annual leave per year in addition to statutory and public holidays, rising to 32 days after 5 years.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Our Professional Development Centre provides access to courses such as in-house management development programmes endorsed by the Institute of Leadership, coaching and mentoring and access to our Smarter Learning portal
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Health Cashplan.
• MK Advantage benefits package – a range of savings on a wide range of retail, leisure and entertainment products and services such as Pizza Express, M&S, B&Q, John Lewis and Arriva Travel.
• Blue Light Card - Employees working within Social Care can qualify for a range of discounts from national retailers to local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and much more!
• SmartGo – Aimed at encouraging low-carbon transport and healthy lifestyle with discounted travel e.g. Halfords, Arriva, Europcar, National Railcards and Stagecoach.
• Homebuy Scheme (for eligible roles).
• Smarter working which provides the opportunity to work from various locations including from home for a proportion of your role (subject to business needs).
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity entitlements.
• Childcare Subsidy.

If you would like to learn more about this role, please contact: SWrecruitment@milton-keynes.gov.uk or go to our website:  (mkcounciljobs.org.uk)https://www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk/cs-care

Attached documents

• JE0314 Social Worker level 2