Children Locality - Social Worker
Pay rate in line with the All Wales Pledge - £38.43 Umbrella
Neath Port Talbot Council
As part of the Port Talbot Community Children's Teams, you will manage a varied caseload across the whole spectrum of frontline Social Work with children and families. You will work with children who are the subject of care and support plans, child protection plans, private law Court proceedings, pre-public law Court proceedings and public law Court proceedings. You will work with Looked After Children and those who are living in prospective adoptive placements.
Neath Port Talbot’s Children and Young People’s Service strives to deliver best practice in line with its outcomes focussed model of practice. We endeavour to support families and effectively manage risk to keep families together where it is safe to do so via the utilisation of bespoke, creative and outcome focused plans. The Local Authority has in-house support services which support these plans in a multitude of ways from undertaking direct work to community based supervision plans. There is an in-house therapeutic support team and family time supervision team. These in-house services are complemented by a whole host of commissioned services.
Benefits of working for Hoop:
* 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
* Your local agency based in Cardiff
* Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search
* PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
* Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
* Twice weekly payroll
* Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
* Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
* Refer a friend scheme available
* Wellbeing sessions
To apply for this role, you will need to hold -
* A relevant Social Work Qualification
* Registration with Social Care Wales
* Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
* 3 Years of referencing
* Driving license with access to a car
Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.
Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on (phone number removed) if you want to find out more