Social Work Assistant

What will you be doing?

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Social Work Assistant in the Disabled Children’s Team South within the Strengthening Independence Service. Our team consists of Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Social Work Assistants and Occupational Therapists.

You will be involved in assessing the needs of disabled children and young people aged between 0 and 17. You will be required to support the role of the Social Workers within the team and also to have an allocated caseload yourself. You will work closely with our colleagues in the Disabled Young People’s Social Work teams and other key agencies such as Health, Education and the voluntary sector.

There is an extensive training and development programme in place and you will be provided with support and opportunities to further develop your own knowledge and skills with regular supervision.

You will be highly motivated and demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills to deliver the highest quality service to children and young people with disabilities, their families and carers. Experience in Children’s Services is essential.

Kent County Council offers a hybrid working model with a combination of home and office working. The contractual bases are the Rainbow Centre, Ashford, the Civic Centre, Dover and the Beacon School, Folkestone. The team covers a large geographical area and there would be an expectation that you are able to work flexibly across the whole area covered by the team.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About you

Craig Young [phone removed]

About us

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.