This role provides an excellent opportunity to contribute directly to improving outcomes for children and families. You will bring professional expertise, new ideas, and a commitment to reflective practice, supporting a culture of continuous improvement across our services.
The Role As part of our Childcare Management Team, you will:
- Deliver high-quality, child-centred social work practice
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies
- Support the development of services and promote best practice
- Benefit from a supportive management structure that prioritises professional development and staff wellbeing
What We Offer In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:
- £3,000 one-off Golden Hello payment
- £3,000 Professional Competency Payment (eligibility criteria applies)
- Generous annual leave entitlement - starting at 26 days and rising to 31 after 5 years' service
- Local Government Pension Scheme - career average defined benefit
- Flexible and agile working options
- A wide range of health and wellbeing resources, including in-house occupational health and counselling services
- Enhanced occupational maternity and paternity pay
- Access to employee discounts on products, services, and attractions including leisure centres
- Salary sacrifice car and cycle schemes
- Relocation package up to £8,000, which may include rent support, removals and storage, and legal or mortgage fees
Living in Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire offers a unique quality of life, with its
outstanding natural beauty, coastal lifestyle, and welcoming communities. This is an opportunity to advance your career while enjoying all the benefits of living and working in one of the UK's most attractive regions.
Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification. Employment ChecksThis post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.
Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.
Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy. Safeguarding Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.
This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.
Support & Additional Info - Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
- Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
- Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023.
- Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.
Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.
