Children With Disabilities Social Worker

Gateshead Social Services are currently recruiting for an experienced Qualified Social Worker for their Children with Disabilities Team

This position will be for a period of 6 months but is likely to be extended. The Children with Disabilities Team is a specialist social work team working with disabled children, young people and their families.

The team are a well-established, experienced team with their work covering the full range of statutory duties in the delivery of the service.

Within the team, they work with families on a Child in Need basis, those where there are safeguarding concerns and children in our care, and Early Intervention Social Workers who are the initial point of contact for families with the Team.

There is parking available, and the role is hybrid 2 days in the office and 3 from home. All visits are face to face.

Regular supervision and reasonable caseload to the right social worker

Gateshead was rated Good by Ofsted. It covers a small geographical area within the North East.

If you are an experienced social worker with Children with disabilities experience OR, you are experienced with Child Protection and would like to be considered for this role please contact Andy at a.scully @(url removed)

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Working with Caritas Recruitment offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant available 24/7
• Expertise in the North East and surrounding areas for quick interviews
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 180 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Referral fee

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.