Job Description

The Disabled Children & Therapy Service (DC&TS) is a specialist, multi-disciplinary service which supports disabled children, young people and their families whose main need for services arises from their disability or their intrinsic condition, where these conditions have a substantial or critical impact on the quality of the child’s/young person’s life or/and the lives of their families. The service intervenes where children’s needs cannot be fully met by universal services alone; it includes a statutory social care service that undertakes assessments that provides services at the acute and complex level of need, and services at Tier 2 through Early Support, Portage and Supporting Change in Partnership (SCIP).

SCIP Workers are responsible for working with families to identify their priorities and be able to create a plan together; designing and delivering interventions and preventative strategies; providing families with information and guidance relating to services available locally; provide emotional and practical support as required; undertake assessments as required (Carer’s Assessment) and work towards agreed goals to improve outcomes for disabled children.

SCIP Workers will promote the consistent application of integrated processes between agencies as they affect disabled children and young people. This includes attending multi-agency meetings, such as Team Around the Child (TAC Meetings) or Education, Health & Care Plan reviews as required.

SCIP Workers provide families emotional and practical support, strategies and solutions to the challenges they may be facing.

SCIP Workers act as an advocate for disabled children and their families and will:

• Work with a family to enable them to identify their priorities and form a plan to address these needs together.
• Provide advice and support to families and practitioners on issues relating to the impact of disability and signposting to relevant services.
• Participate in team meetings; contribute to the Team Improvement Plan and Ofsted Inspections.
• Ensure that identified gaps in service delivery are reported.
• Work within relevant legal frameworks, such as, the Children & Families Act 2014; national guidance such as Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 and national good practice, for instance national Early Support guidance.
• To work within quality assurance guidance and produce monthly reports for the Quality Assurance Performance Management report.

SCIP Workers are part of the Disabled Children & Therapy Service (DC&TS) which is a specialist, multi-disciplinary team that supports disabled children, young people and their families.

SCIP Workers work under the direction of the Disabled Children’s Team Leads and hold case responsibility for undertaking direct work with disabled children aged 0 to 18 years and their parents/carers.

29.6 hours spread across four days a week.

A relevant level 3 qualification (e.g. NVQ3 Child Care Learning and Development).

Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families.

Experience of improving outcomes for disabled children and young people.

Ability to work under pressure and deal with conflicting demands and to be able to form good relationships with fellow professionals and service users and be able to engender respect.

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.