Senior Social Worker- Children with Disabilities Team

Senior Social Worker – Children with Disabilities | 9685 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum | Grade K | West Norfolk and Breckland

We are pleased to announce an opportunity for a Senior Social Worker to join the Children with Disabilities Service, within our West and Breckland team.

Our Children with Disabilities (CWD) service provides support to children and young people with substantial and permanent disabilities who are 0-18 years of age.

We have three teams which cover Norfolk, and they are multi-disciplinary consisting of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Assistant Practitioners.

The CWD West and Breckland team are a close-knit team working in a multi-disciplinary approach to support children, young people and their families across all aspects from initial referral to their full journey through Children’s Services including CIN, CP, CLA and transitioning to Adulthood.

We maintain strong links with internal and external partners to ensure a holistic response to the needs of the children, young people and families we are working with.

The role will be case holding, working to identify areas of need, identifying support packages that are appropriate to meet the identified needs and pieces of individual work through our CWD Occupational Therapists or CWD Outreach to enable young people have equal opportunities as those of their non-disabled peers.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact Emma Riley, Team Manager (West & Breckland) on 01553 669323.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service

Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.

Financial benefits such as:- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.

A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers

Relocation expenses (where applicable)

An advance of your expenses if you travel for work

Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid w

orking a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 25 January 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 1 February 2026 at 23:55