Senior Social Work Practitioner

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Supported Care Planning (SCP) social workers work with children age 0-16 and their families who are in need of care and support, on the child protection register, looked after, or being assessed within the PLO or court arena.  We are committed to supporting families to remain together; the Signs of Safety methodology is our established and embedded methodology, and our practice is trauma informed. 

An innovative service, we are proud to gave been awarded the 2024 Social Care Wales ‘Building Bright Futures for Children and Families’ accolade in SCP, and our ‘Born into Care’ work has been recognised as sector leading. 

We have excellent support for our social workers, including reflective group supervision sessions, regular workshops and development sessions. 

SCP also has a progression pathway, enabling suitably experienced and skilled senior social work practitioners to evidence their expertise over time to progress to senior social worker into specialist social worker posts without interview. 

If you are interested in joining a genuinely child centred, collaborative, supportive and innovative service, then we would love to hear from you. 

Excellent benefits, including: 

• Low caseloads (SCP average of 12 cases with a realistic ambition to reduce to an average of 10) 
• Competitive salary  
• Regular Wellbeing opportunities  
• Monthly rewards and recognition draw 
• Seaside office space  
• Hybrid / flexible working to achieve a work life balance   
• Generous annual leave entitlement   
• Family Friendly Policies 
• Excellent pension with the Local Government Pension Scheme  
• Access to the Cycle to Work scheme  
• Staff discounts  
• Discounted leisure centre and gym membership with Freedom Leisure 
• Relocation package (up to £8,000) 
• Health and wellbeing support 
• Training and development opportunities   

The salary for the position is Grade 10A £44711 - £46731 per annum.