Social Worker: CWD

Seeking a Social Worker to join the Children with Disabilities (A&R) Team

Location: Berkshire

Permanent, full-time with hybrid working

Salary: £44,873 – £50,238p/a based on experience

Applicants are required to reside in the UK and have UK‑social work experience.

Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker looking to make a real difference in Children with Disabilities services?

We’re recruiting for a Social Worker to join a well‑supported CWD team in Berkshire, within the Assessment & Review (A&R) section. This role focuses on assessing, reviewing and progressing plans for children in need, including those accessing short breaks, while responding to safeguarding concerns as they arise.

• Social Work England registered
• 2 years+ of experience with CWD
• Strong experience assessing care needs and reviewing packages of care
• Confident managing complex cases and safeguarding responsibilities

• Promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of the child/young person at all times and throughout all aspects of work.
• Be responsible for managing an independent workload, ensuring legislative requirements are met to a high standard and within required timescales.
• Thoroughly assess, critically analyse, plan and implement suitable interventions for complex cases that fulfil statutory regulations, instigating proceedings and taking cases to court as required whilst effectively managing risk at all time and seeking support from senior team members when required.
• Produce concise, well‑structured assessments, plans and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements and ensuring that all recommendations are followed.
• Where cases are to be transferred to another service or partners, ensure that there is a clearly recorded transfer plan.
• Maintain accurate, up to date, evidence‑based records safely and confidentially, in line with statutory requirements.
• Work with children, young people and families/carers to develop effective relationships through meaningful and purposeful direct work, actively seeking and understanding their needs and views to promote their participation in decision making and inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases.
• Work in partnership with colleagues and other agencies to deliver accessible and effective services, empowering parents and carers to develop and maintain safe parenting practices, leading meetings to achieve outcomes for children.
• Be responsible for own individual performance in line with national standards, service and team specific performance indicators and actions required to address areas for improvement.
• Be responsible for own professional development keeping pace with national, regional and local policy initiatives, attending training to maintain professional development and ensuring the receipt of regular supervision.
• Participate in and learn from routine observation, review and auditing activity conducted by the Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice.
• With the agreement of the Assistant Team Manager, identify resources where required and available to promote child/family well being.
• Develop and maintain effective internal and external working relationships to achieve optimal outcomes for children and young people, ensuring a joined‑up approach to relationships to other team members and managers.
• Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti‑discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities.
• Provide cover for the work of other team members and take on other additional duties, as required.