Job Title: Social Worker (Adults) - Disability Service
Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £35,745 plus £5,673 Market Enhancement with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £39,186 plus £5,242 Market Enhancement per annum plus £1k one off Welcome Payment
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: Permanent

We are an innovative service working with children and young people aged 0-25 with disabilities. We are looking for experienced Adult Social Workers to work with our young people as they plan for adulthood and up to the age of 25.

This is an exciting time in a young persons life and you will support them and their families to make choices into adulthood. You will also work in partnership with education and health professionals ensuring that there is a smooth planned transition.

0-25 Specialist Autism Social Worker:

You have experience of working with people with ASD and be able to build good relationships with young people as they approach adulthood.

You will need an excellent understanding of autism and sensory awareness is required in the application of the Care Act assessment. A personalised approach is crucial in identifying and accessing the most appropriate support services and service pathways, including a strengths based approach to empower self direction.

0-25 Adult Social Worker

You will be experienced in working with young people with learning and physical disabilities. You will be working with young people as they approach 18 and into adulthood and supporting them to become full members of their community.

You will need to work with a wide range of partners ensuring that young people are able to build their independence.

We are a service motivated by and dedicated to effective social work practice. Our core aim is to support individuals to be an influential and active member of their community and promote true citizenship. We support our Social Workers to be resilient and robust as well as imaginative and reflective.

If you are passionate about improving the life chances of disabled children, young people and young adults you will join a supportive team who want to harness your skill and passion and value the contribution that you bring.

In return our team will support you to achieve great things every day with excellent learning and development opportunities to help you be the best that you can be.

Requirements:

Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
Experience of working with children and young people
Knowledge of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedures
Ability to complete robust assessments & to assess risk
Ability to work in a relationship-based way
Understanding of equality and diversity in Social Work
Ability to input and maintain accurate computerised information and records
Ability to work on own initiative managing and prioritising own workload under pressure and under the direction of the supervisor
Knowledge/experience of working with Disabled Children and Young People
Knowledge of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedure specific to Disabled Children and Young People
Additional Information
For an informal discussion and more information please contact: Christopher Saunders on 01438 843221 or Christopher.Saunders@hertfordshire.gov.uk or Shara Watt on 01438 844818 or shara.watt@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Benefits of working for us:

Competitive Starting Salary
One of welcome payment of £1k for all external appointments who have completed their ASYE at the time of application.
Monthly Market Enhanced Payment
Relocation expenses of up to £6k (terms and conditions apply)
Up to 33 days annual leave entitlement
Free parking at all of our sites
Care Lease Scheme (depending on the role)
Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role)
Excellent Career Development
Salary Exchange for Additional Benefits
Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
Shopping Discounts
Support Groups & Wellbeing Schemes
Disability Confident: We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency: The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Safeguarding: Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. For more information Click Here

Driving Roles Only: As part of this role, you will be required to travel to other HCC Sites/Residences either using your own mode of transport or a company car. In light of this, the ability to drive and/or travel around the County is required for this role a DVLA check will be required on appointment.

CS Roles Only: We expect all Children Services employees to fulfil Hertfordshire's Professional Promise for how children, young people & young adults with special educational needs and / or disabilities and their families should be treated. It is our agreement to place families and children at the centre of what we do, and helps parents and carers to understand and be able to hold us to account for how we provide our services. For further information please visit: ‘Professional Promise’



How to Apply
As part of the application, you will be required to upload your most recent CV ensuring gaps in employment have been addressed and asked to answer the 4 key questions which are located at the end of the advert and a template can be found in the 'Available Documents'.

1.What attracted you to this specialist role and what experience do you bring?

2.Tell us about the skills required of a social worker supporting Disabled Children and young people?

3.What specialist knowledge and research do you draw on to support social work with disabled children and young people?

4.Name 3 or more things that you consider to be the cornerstones of good social work practice.

If you do not provide answers to the questions and upload to your application, your application will be rejected.