Senior Practitioner - Fostering Team

We are recruiting a Senior Practitioner - Fostering Team at Caerphilly County Borough Council.
      
Working hours: 18.5 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent/Part Time
Location: Tredomen
    
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Children’s Services Team.
     
We pay an attractive salary of £21,419 - £23,071 and offer access to training and development opportunities.
      
The Successful applicant will assist and support the Team Manager in mentoring and providing formal supervision for team members. You will assist other staff in developing and facilitating group work sessions and will be required to contribute to service developments. 
        
You will need excellent assessment and analysis skills and the ability to engage and communicate effectively with Foster Carers their families and children who are looked after, with a focus on wellbeing, safety of children and be able to support and guide Foster Carers to build on their holistic skills as well as a commitment to improve outcomes for children and young people. 
        
The Team has responsibility for recruiting, assessing, supporting, supervising and reviewing general foster carers, alongside completing Connected Persons Assessments of family members/connected persons for a child who cannot, or may not be able to remain with their birth family. 
       
For the role, we ask that you have:

• A Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor qualification.
• Successfully completed the Consolidation of Practice Programme within the first three years of practice (if qualified after 1 April 2016).
• Up to date knowledge of current legislation and statutory regulations, research and practice in relation to the relevant service area.
• A 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, agile working patterns 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 Carla Perry/Colette Limbrick on 07789371781/07918423530 or email perrycl@aerphilly.gov.uk  limbrc@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. 
        
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.
        
You must possess a Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor and be registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales (or able to transfer from another recognised body).
       
The current registration requirements state that completion of the Consolidation of Practice qualification within your first 3 years of practice is mandatory (if you qualified after 1st April 2016).   Failure to successfully complete this qualification will result in you being unable to renew your Social Work Registration or practice as a Social Worker.