We are looking for qualified senior social workers to join the Child Care assessment Team who will be responsible in ensuring, assessing and identifying the needs and services for children and families within Pembrokeshire. The social worker will be required to meet statutory timescales, complete assessments within timescales, undertake child protection investigations and manage their caseloads, including Court Cases, child protection cases, higher end child in need cases/children exploited and supervise up to three members of Social Worker/other staff colleagues. The senior social worker will also be undertaking S.47 joint investigations and will be part of a rota. They will have case responsibility and identify the needs of the child/ren and support in these being addressed if they are short term and or will transfer to a social worker within a Child Care Management Team, where longer term intervention is required and will be implemented.
The Child Care Assessment Team provides a supportive working structure, ensuring you have all you need to perform to the best of your abilities, whilst doing a job you love. Supporting this team would provide opportunities to contribute directly to the work and protecting the children in Pembrokeshire and for personal development.
The senior social workers will receive regular supervision, including informal supervision, from an Assistant Team Manager, which ensure they can discuss their cases and receive appropriate support, guidance and advice, consistently. A CCAT Manager is available daily for social workers to gain any advice and will be supported as and when required.
Successful applicants will require a Social Work qualification, to be able to drive and have access to a car and have previous experience of working with children and families.
Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.Employment ChecksThis post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.
Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.
Safeguarding Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.
This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.
Support & Additional Info - Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
- Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
- Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023.
- Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.
Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.
