Working hours: 37
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 1 May 2025
Location: Agile blended approach inclusive of home, community and office working on a rota basis, split across Woodfieldside and Tredomen.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment / Learning Disabilities Teams.
We pay an attractive salary of £36,648 - £39,186 and offer access to training and development opportunities.The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic and forward thinking multi disciplinary team who work with adults with a Learning or Physical Disability and/or sensory impairment, embracing an outcomes focused approach.
The team operates in a multi-agency manner, working with colleagues from, health, housing and other statutory services, in addition to internal services, including our Direct Payment Service; Children's services, to support young people through transition to adulthood, and our dedicated Rehabilitation Officers for the visually impaired.
The team works in accordance with National Occupational Standards for Social Work and Code of Practice for Social Care Workers, and offer balanced and varied Caseloads, including the opportunity for fast-paced hospital discharges, contrasted with longer term pieces of work, developing professional relationships with service users and making use of learnt knowledge about specific conditions and disabilities.
The team are extremely supportive, creating a learning environment through regular supervision, appraisal, and peer reflective sessions. The department are invested in the C-Pel programme and ensure a good range of relevant training courses are available to staff.
For the role, we ask that you have:
- Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor qualification and be registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales (or able to transfer from another recognised body).
- Knowledge of the social care legislative framework
- An understanding of the Learning, physical and emotional needs of Vulnerable Adults with Physical disabilities and sensory impairment/ Learning disabilities
- effective communication and organisational skills to support and safeguard vulnerable service users through difficult periods in their lives
We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.
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.
The current Social Care Wales 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.
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 Emma Davies, Team Manager on 07789901550 or email
daviee8@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.
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