Salary £37,858 - £40,619
Permanent, full-time
Based in Worthing
37 hours per week
Interview date: TBC

This post is subject to a DBS, medical and HCPC licence
The Disability team is a specialist team based within the Family Support and Protection service. We provide a holistic service for children with disabilities including assessment, planning and intervention for children in need (S.17), children in need of protection (S.47) and children looked after. We work closely with multi-agency partners and also have a successful specialist early intervention service – CHOICE – that supports children and families at an earlier stage, including the use of direct payments.

Our aim is to ensure that there is an improvement in outcomes for children in need and their families that is sustainable. The child’s experience is at the heart of our service: which means that everything we do and the way we do it can be explained in terms of impact and best outcome for the child.

We are looking for a clear thinking, creative social work manager. Passionate about making a difference, you will be responsible for motivating and leading a small group of social workers and other staff, providing expert supervision, mentoring /coaching and supporting the development of reflective and relationship based practice.

Our practice framework is based on Signs of Safety underpinned by knowledge of attachment and the impact of developmental trauma on children and families – all staff receive extensive training and support to implement these approaches.

For more information about working in West Sussex, career progression opportunities and the wider benefits we offer, please see our main recruitment website