We are looking for an Early Intervention Worker to join the team at our Children and Young People with Disability Community Hub.
We pride ourselves on our relationship-based approach and ensure that our children and young people are at the heart of all we do. The CYPD Service aims to support children with disabilities and complex needs, developing and implementing holistic and multi-agency support to ensure children are safe and able to achieve to their full potential.
Based in Dagenham, our CYPD Hub is the centre of our early help offer to families caring for a child with a disability. Our vision is for the Hub to be a centre of excellence, a place where children and their parents/carers feel valued, supported and encouraged. The Hub currently offers group activities for different age groups, parenting support, drop in sessions, fun holiday activities, and a sensory room.
We have good relationships with voluntary sector partners and are looking to develop our short breaks offer further. Our Early Intervention Workers deliver groupwork, holiday activities, and also hold small caseloads of early help assessments and interventions. We want all our children and young people to have fun at the Hub, as well as it providing a much needed break for parents while their children are happily occupied. In all our work we make sure that children’s voices are heard and recorded consistently, and that safeguarding is a priority.
You will have experience in working with children and young people with disabilities and be passionate about making a difference and supporting them to achieve. You will be able to work as part of a team in a busy environment, to be creative, and to manage your time to ensure activities are delivered.
You will have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and will be confident in presenting information to senior managers. You will have an awareness of the particular challenges faced by children and young people with disabilities, always considering the child’s lived experience. You will be able to liaise with partners both within and without the council as necessary to ensure that services are provided efficiently and effectively and always focus on the best outcome for the child or young person.
We are putting the heart back into social work, supported by our relational practice model where we ensure the child’s lived experience takes centre stage.
Ours is a culture of high support, high expectations and fair challenge. We need committed individuals to support us in the delivery of these aims and to become part of our team to make a difference to our children and families.
In return we offer a competitive pay package, £2.5k Recruitment and £2.5k Retention Allowance, generous pension and relocation package, annual leave up to 31 days, excellent opportunities for career progression, whether you want to broaden your experience as a social worker or step into management, investment in your learning and development as well as a commitment to your wellbeing. We are currently reviewing our pay and benefits offer. The details in this advert reflect the offer that is in place at the time of this recruitment campaign.