Working hours: 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Various Locations Across the Borough
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Foster Caerphilly Team.
We pay an attractive salary of £36,648 - £39,186 and offer access to training and development opportunities. The successful candidates will join our friendly, well established, busy and motivated Team. Foster Caerphilly has responsibility for recruiting, assessing, supporting, supervising and reviewing General Foster Carers, alongside completing Connected Persons Assessments of family members or close friends as kinship (relative) carers for a child who cannot, or may not be able to remain with their birth family.
Over the last 12 months Foster Caerphilly have relaunched our Fostering web site and embarked on a General Foster Carer recruitment campaign supported by our communications Team. The success is evident; our General Foster Carer numbers have increased.
All new staff have the opportunity to cover all aspects of the work in order to develop their skills and understanding of the Fostering Service and the Fostering Regulations and standards that guide us. You will also contribute to the continued development of the Fostering Service through participation in the annual CIW inspection and development / implementation of good practice initiatives.
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 and safety of children. You will be able to support and guide Foster Carers to build on their holistic skills.
You will be skilled in developing and sustaining effective multi-agency working and closely collaborate with professionals of every discipline. With a remit spanning the assessment and support of connected persons, you're guaranteed different challenges every day.
Caerphilly Children Services have strong links to the Gwent Attachment Service and Caerphilly has embraced the MYST therapeutic service that provides intensive support to our Children who are Looked After.
Foster Caerphilly also has access to a Clinical Psychologist. This post was developed to support the work of the Fostering Team and provides a high level of support to staff who have access to regular reflective sessions and consultation sessions for Foster Carers.
You will need to have at least 2 years' experience of Social Work with children and young people and have good communication and IT Skills.
You will be part of a highly supporting environment and have good access to training and development.
For the role, we ask that you have:
- Diploma / Degree in Social Work
- Up to date knowledge of current legislation Research and Practice issues in childcare
- Registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales or equivalent regulators in England, Scotland or Northen Ireland
- 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 on 07789371781 or email
perrycl@caerphilly.gov.ukInterviews will be held on 26 th April 2024 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.
