Working hours: 37 hours/18.5 hours
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time/ Part Time
Location: Various Locations throughout the borough
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across our dynamic Childrens Services Locality Teams.
We have a selection of vacancies for full time Social Workers in the Locality Teams of Caerphilly East, Caerphilly West, Bargoed and Blackwood and a part time post of 18.5 hours per week for the Caerphilly West Team.
We pay an attractive salary of £36,648 - £39,186 (with an additional £3,441 market supplement to be paid in 12 Monthly instalments) and offer access to training and development opportunities. If you are a qualified social worker, or are due to qualify this year, come to work in Caerphilly and be supported on your social work journey.
We welcome applications from third year social work students. Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity of starting as unqualified support workers. Once qualified, they will then be appointed as social workers.
If you are effective at building positive working relationships, have good communication and IT skills and have a genuine passion and commitment to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families, we want to hear from you. We work collaboratively to promote "what matters" with children and their families.
Caerphilly Children Services have strong links to the Gwent Attachment Service and Caerphilly has invested in MYST therapeutic service, which provides intensive support to our Children who are Looked After.
We will provide you with the following: -
- Comprehensive induction.
- Support to complete CPEL for newly qualified staff.
- Training to promote your continued professional development.
- An embedded risk assessment model.
- Evidenced based and timely decision making.
- Regular supervision, annual appraisal, and opportunities for reflective practice.
- Supportive and experienced Senior Practitioners and Team Managers.
- Visible and strong leadership from the Senior Management Team
There are six geographically located Children Services teams. The teams undertake high quality assessments and care management of children and their families who have been assessed as requiring on going social services intervention. The teams cover both short- and long-term work, including Children in Need of Care and Support, Children Looked After, Child Protection and court work.
For the role, we ask that you have: - A Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor.
- Up to date knowledge of current legislation Research and Practice issues in childcare.
- 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.
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 Rachel Silver/Carol Davies on 07789371545/01443 864745 or email
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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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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.
