Temporary one year contract

You will undertake a full scope and implement a pilot project of individual budgets for disabled children and young people in the transitions process, requiring short breaks and services across Health and Social Care.

This will include developing and implementing a transformation delivery plan aimed at mainstreaming this service available within Nottingham City and ensuring its provision meets the core offer, as identified in Aiming High for Disabled Children and the learning from other individual budgets pilots, both locally and nationally.

This role will involve you providing regular progress reports to the internal governance arrangements for Children’s Services, the NHS, Aiming High Steering Group, Strategic Partnership Children, Young People Executive Group and associated governance structures.

Experience of working with multi-disciplined teams and knowledge of the issues pertinent to disabled children and families in a multi-cultural environment, is essential.

A recognised professional qualification in Social Care, Health, Education or equivalent level (i.e. DiPSW) is required. Ref: ED4727A

For informal enquiries only, please contact Toby Beck on 0115 915 7544.

An enhanced CRB check is required.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Please note Nottingham City Council is in the process of reviewing its pay and grading structure. Therefore, the current grade and salary of certain jobs will be subject to the final outcome of this review.

We are committed to caring for our employees both inside and outside the workplace. We provide a competitive final salary pension scheme, excellent training opportunities and a culture of diversity and equal opportunities for everyone. Moreover, we have created a variety of options to help our employees achieve a healthy work life balance. This includes generous leave entitlements, and flexitime for many posts.

Closing date: 12noon, Friday 19th March 2010.