Children with Disabilities Experienced Social Worker - Swindon Council

Children with Disabilities - Experienced Social Worker

Pay rate in line with the pledge - £42 Umbrella

Swindon Council 

This post sits within the Children with Disabilities Team, co-located at the Saltway Centre alongside multi-agency partners, enabling a holistic service offer to disabled children, young people and their families.

The team operates on the basis that disabled children are statistically more likely to experience abuse than their non-disabled peers, and has been designed specifically to address this — comprising specialist, highly motivated social workers with experience across both safeguarding and disability. The team uses current research and innovative practice to ensure disabled children in Swindon are appropriately safeguarded and supported to reach their full potential.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Social Worker with a background in both safeguarding and working with children with disabilities.

Expenses
Swindon Borough Council has confirmed that a £100 weekly travel and accommodation allowance will remain in place for all new and existing agency placements within Children's Social Care until 31 August 2026. This is available to workers residing more than 50 miles from Swindon.

Benefits of working for Hoop:

• 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
• Your local agency based in Cardiff
• Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in Welsh throughout your job search 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
• PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
• Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
• Twice weekly payroll
• Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
• Refer a friend scheme available
• Birthday gifts 🎂* (after 1 year in service)
• Wellbeing sessions

To apply for this role, you will need to hold -

• A relevant Social Work Qualification
• Registration with Social Care Wales
• Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
• 3 Years of referencing
• Driving license with access to a car

Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.

Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on 02922 400519 if you want to find out more.