We are recruiting Child Care Support Workers at Caerphilly County Borough Council.
Working hours: 3 x 37 hours / 1 x 18.5 hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Office based (Tredomen / Rhymney)
Team: Risca and Rhymney Locality Teams
This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organisation.
We pay an attractive salary of £14,771 - £15,511 (18.5 hours) / £29,540 - £31,022 (37 hours) and offer access to training and development opportunities.
Caerphilly County Borough Council's Children Services are looking for full-time Child Care Support Workers, who have the right values, motivation, and commitment to work in a challenging, yet rewarding environment.
If you are effective at building positive working relationships, have good communication skills, both written and verbal as well as IT skills and have a genuine passion and commitment to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families, we want to hear from you. The successful applicants would also have good time management and organisational skills.
Caerphilly works collaboratively to promote &slshquot;what matters&slshquot; with children and their families, to develop outcome focused plans.
The Child Care Support Worker role involves working with children and their parents / carers to meet their outcomes, balancing outcomes with risk and safeguarding children in line with the Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014. The role also entails supporting Social Workers in their work, undertaking direct work with children and young people to help them understand their life journey, undertaking assessments and supervising family time between children looked after and their birth parents.
The successful applicants will be part of highly supportive teams and have access to training and developmental opportunities.
Caerphilly Children Services have strong links to the Gwent Attachment Service and Caerphilly has invested in MyST therapeutic service, which provide intensive support to our Children who are Looked After.
We will provide you with the following:
- Comprehensive induction.
- Training to promote your continued professional development.
- An embedded risk assessment model.
- Evidence-based and timely decision making.
- Regular supervision, annual appraisal, and opportunities for reflective practice
- Supportive and experienced Senior Practitioners and Team Managers.
- Visible and strong leadership from the Senior Management Team
For the role, we ask that you have:
- Level 2 Care or equivalent qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW).
- Understand and respect confidentiality and the importance of managing personal and sensitive information in a professional manner.
- Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business purposes to travel throughout the borough to attend meetings.
We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list.
After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rachel Silver on 07789371545 or email SILVER@CAERPHILLY.GOV.UK
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.
Caerphilly County Borough Council does not receive applications submitted via the StudySmarter website. All applications must be submitted through our official Council website.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
