Social Worker

Salary: £40,000 - £46,500 per annum 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 for Candidates:
• Must be over 21 years of age, eligible to work in the UK and not looking for sponsorship
• Must have obtained an Undergraduate or Master’s degree in social work in England or Wales
• Must be registered with Social Care Wales over 21 years of age and eligible to work in the UK

Please ask for a copy of our Job Information Pack by contacting recruitment@pfp.org.uk

Benefits:
• Small caseload of up to 5 families who are resident in the centre
• Annual performance award bonus scheme
• Attraction and retention award of £1,500 (inclusive of any performance awards made during the year) after 12 months of employment
• 28-33 days annual leave entitlement plus 8 bank holidays Full Time Equivalent (so up to 41 days in total). Rise from 28 to 33 days after 5 years of continuous service. We will match your existing accrued annual leave for your current length of service (as long as within our entitlement levels).
• Ability to buy/sell some annual leave entitlement
• Enhanced maternity (in line with best LAs in Wales), paternity and compassionate leave pay
• Private Medical Insurance
• Eligibility for contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance cover
• Company sick pay scheme
• 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 reimbursement for annual DBS update service fee
• Reimbursement for Social Care Wales registration fee
• Hybrid/Agile working
• Time off in lieu (TOIL)
• On-call disruption allowance of £160 p/w on-call (on top of being paid for on-call hours worked). On-call rota is typically 1 week every 7 weeks so c. 7-8 times per year.
• 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 10 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 12-14 weeks and include a programme of teaching and assessment.
Overview of Job Description:
Our Social Worker role involves completing Parenting Assessments (typically CUBAS) & 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 three 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 Practise.
• 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 (we will provide training if you are not trained).
• Experience of managing cases in care proceedings.
• Ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh.

Closing Date: 28th July 2025

We reserve the right to interview early and may close this advert early if enough quality applications are received. For those not interviewed earlier, the first round interview will be w/c 11th August.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Sheree Dixon, Lead Social Worker on 07734 824 862 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.