Social Worker - Children with Disabilities

Location Tower Hamlets
Salary £33.00 - £35.50 per hour
Discipline
1. To work within a multi-disciplinary approach to provide early help and a statutory social work service for children with disabilities; undertaking child in need and carers and child protection assessments, undertake care package reviews, and contribute to Continuing Care and Education, Health and Care Plans.
2. To work in a multi-disciplinary context to safeguard and provide a high quality corporate parenting service for children looked after with a disability, to maximise their life chances.
3. Assess and help families’ access provision which may include a range of universal provision; short breaks, individual budget or direct payment, personal care, mobility, communication, social, psychological or behaviour management support, advocacy; and services for young people with a disability preparing for adulthood.
4. 4.Contribute and ensure that children and young people who are disabled or who have complex health needs receive coordinated, high-quality child and family-centred services which are based on assessed needs, which promote social inclusion and, where possible, enable them and their families to live ordinary lives.