Fixed Term until 30th June 2026, Part Time time 14.5 hours on Thursday and Friday to fit with the job share of current post holder. Please note: If we are unable to recruit to 14.5 hours vacancy we will consider a half time position of 18.5 hours on Wednesday (half day) and Thursday and Friday. We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Childrens Social Care Assistant to join 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: 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 EHCP Hub – completing advice and information for social care contributions for EHCNA’s You will need strong organisation and administrative skills, a capacity to work under pressure and a desire to be part of a small team who make a difference to the lives with children and young people with additional needs, special educational needs and disabilities and their families. Good communication skills and an ability to use your initiative to support the work of the team, are essential qualities. Other key skills required include good working knowledge of using spreadsheets, uploading performance data, placing and tracking orders, administering finance processes and supporting families with administrative tasks such as form filling. If you have a desire to work with and empower disabled children and their families and believe you have the skills we require, we would welcome your application to join our small, friendly team. It is a great introduction to Children’s social care in Bristol. Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check. 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? If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below. To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application. For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment. For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to. If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract. We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career. Shortlisting will take place on 14th January 2025. Interviews will be held on 21st and 23rd January 2025. If you would like to know more information about this exciting and rewarding role, please contact, Louise Vines, via email: At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young People, Black and racially minoritised, Disabled and Male candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit. Fixed Term until 30th June 2026, Part Time time 14.5 hours on Thursday and Friday to fit with the job share of current post holder. Please note: If we are unable to recruit to 14.5 hours vacancy we will consider a half time position of 18.5 hours on Wednesday (half day) and Thursday and Friday. We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Childrens Social Care Assistant to join 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: 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 EHCP Hub – completing advice and information for social care contributions for EHCNA’s You will need strong organisation and administrative skills, a capacity to work under pressure and a desire to be part of a small team who make a difference to the lives with children and young people with additional needs, special educational needs and disabilities and their families. Good communication skills and an ability to use your initiative to support the work of the team, are essential qualities. Other key skills required include good working knowledge of using spreadsheets, uploading performance data, placing and tracking orders, administering finance processes and supporting families with administrative tasks such as form filling. If you have a desire to work with and empower disabled children and their families and believe you have the skills we require, we would welcome your application to join our small, friendly team. It is a great introduction to Children’s social care in Bristol. Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check. 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? If you share our and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below. To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application. For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment. For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to. If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract. We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career. Shortlisting will take place on 14th January 2025. Interviews will be held on 21st and 23rd January 2025. If you would like to know more information about this exciting and rewarding role, please contact, Louise Vines, via email: At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young People, Black and racially minoritised, Disabled and Male candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.