Social Care Practitioner - Bristol, United Kingdom - Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council
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Permanent, Part Time hours per week
Do you have knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with additional needs, special educational needs and disabilities and their families? Are you able to challenge barriers to the inclusion of children and young people with additional needs and disabilities? Do you have a degree or level 3 qualification in social care, education, health or related area?


If the answer is Yes - we have an exciting opportunity for a part time Social Care Practitioner to join our EHCP Hub in the Social Care Hub located within Disabled Children and Specialist Services.


The Social Care Hub is a dynamic service that offers guidance, advice and support to children and young people with additional needs, special educational needs and disabilities and their families.

The team has extensive skills and experience and a "can do" ethos.


We aim to offer support at the earliest opportunity to build resilience within family networks to prevent escalation and crisis.

We support children and young people with additional needs to be access short break activities in their local community.


It is our aim that Short Breaks will contribute to keeping children and young people safe and healthy, enabling them to enjoy new activities, make friends and have new learning opportunities - as well as preparing teenagers for adulthood.

By providing children and young people such opportunities, we support parents and carers in their role as primary carers and give them breaks to assist them to look after themselves and their wider family.


We offer practical help and emotional support to disabled children, young people and their families experiencing short or long-term difficulties.

We provide support to empower families to address various challenges, reducing problems and risks.

We can help parents, carers and disabled children and young people with a range of social and personal issues.

The Social Care Hub service offer includes:

  • EHCP Hub
  • Working with families to provide them with advice and information whilst completing a Social Care Contribution towards the EHCNA process.
  • FLORA our early identification and support service helping parents and professionals navigate support through our Local Offer.
  • Inclusion Service supporting the inclusion of children with additional needs in community activities.
  • Specialist Family Support Service offering direct support to families with children with additional needs.
  • Carers Wellbeing Grant
  • Disabled Children Register
  • Direct Payment Service supporting parents and carers choice and control to source bespoke care support.

Previous Applicants need not apply

Why Bristol City Council?


At Bristol City Council we offer a work environment which is supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.


Join us and you'll receive a generous rewards package including flexible working, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance.

In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future success.


How do I apply?

Shortlisting will take place 1st May 2024

Interviews will be held on Thursday 9th** May 2024
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