Social Worker

Salary: £38,000 - £46,500 pa FTE plus
£1,500 Attraction and Retention award FTE and bonus scheme

Ideal candidate will be a qualified Social worker with a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working in Children’s Services, including experience of undertaking parenting assessments and attending court.

Critical requirements:
• Candidates must be over 18 years of age
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK
• Candidates must have obtained an undergraduate or master’s degree in social work in England or Wales
• Candidates are not looking for sponsorship

Benefits:
• Attraction and retention award of £1,500 after 12 months of employment
• Annual performance award bonus scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and compassionate leave pay
• Eligibility for contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance cover from first day of employment
• 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 8 bank holidays FTE = 33 days per year
• Additional days accrued with length in service at years 3, 5 and 10 years
• Ability to buy/sell some annual leave entitlement
• In depth induction
• Training and Development budget of £2,000 for role specific training including CUBAS, in first two years of
employment
• Initial enhanced DBS certificate paid for and re-imbursement for annual DBS update service fee
• Re-imbursement for SCW registration fee
• Hybrid working
• Time off in lieu (TOIL)
• On-call disruption allowance
• Free onsite parking
• Free hot and cold beverages
• Eligibility for Blue Light card
• Discounted gym membership

Ty Seren is a Residential Family Centre based in Bridgend, South Wales, we support up to 11 families at any one time, where there are concerns in respect of a parent’s ability to care for their child. Placements are typically for 14 weeks and include a programme of teaching and assessment.

Job Description:
Our Social Worker role involves completing CUBAS Parenting Assessments & supporting the Parenting Programme as a member of our internal Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). With a small caseload of no more than 5 families who are residents in the centre, families are parent/s with babies from birth to two years old.

Core responsibilities/tasks:
• To promote the Service’s mission, objectives, vision and values, both internally and externally and comply
with all policies and procedures, guidance, code of professional practice, contractual requirements and
relevant legislation.
• To take the lead on any safeguarding issues arising in the centre with regard to children or adults at risk,
ensuring the Ty Seren practice is in line with national, local and service specific safeguarding procedures.
• To be an allocated point of contact for allocated families, liaising with the local authority and involved
professionals routinely throughout placement as well as PfP’s internal Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and
team members to ensure the effective coordination and delivery of our support.
• To review family progress each week and to oversee completion of the Weekly Update Report.
• Assess each family and produce individual risk assessments and personal plans for support team
members to follow.
• Maintain an overview of families and be able to give timely advice, guidance and support to team
members to safely support the families in line with their assessed needs and to enhance their parenting.
• To undertake timely parenting assessments and midpoint reports of each family (including any relevant
non- resident parent and/or child) in line with instructions from the local authority.
• Support parents to meet their children’s developing needs, considering all aspects to parenting and
independent living skills, including delivering workshops.

Essential person specifications and core requirements:
• Ability to work openly and co-operatively with colleagues and make a positive contribution to the team.
• Experience of supporting individuals to reach their goals.
• Ability to be entirely non-judgemental and support families of all cultures and backgrounds; respecting
diversity and individual differences.
• Ability to understand the impact of trauma on individuals using the service and work in a manner that is
sensitive and supportive.
• Previous experience, knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and risk management practices plus
knowledge of child development.
• Ability to build relationships with families, with empathy and support, ensuring professional boundaries
are maintained.
• Ability to read behaviour, understand triggers and adopt strategies to de-escalate challenging situations.
• Registration with Social Care Wales and understanding of the Social Care Wales Codes of Professional
Practice.
• Experience of undertaking parenting assessments.
• Ability to work flexibly (including days, nights and weekends) in order to take part in on call rota with other
members of the MDT.

Desirable core requirements:
• CUBAS trained.
• Experience of managing cases in care proceedings.
• Ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh.

Closing Date: 25th September 2024

We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough quality applications are received.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Lauren Lincez, Service Director on 07891 343281 or our Recruitment line on 01656 335555.

Alternatively, you can request a job pack by showing an interest in this advertisement or contacting recruitment@pfp.org.uk.