Job profile
The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the Job Descriptions/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.
Job details
Job reference
REQ001766
Date posted
18/09/2025
Apply by
02/10/2025
Salary
£49,282 per annum
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full Time
Job category/type
Social Work
Principal Social Worker
Job description
Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Principal Social Worker
Adult Services
Grade 13 - £49,282 per annum
Location: Ty Elai, Williamstown, CF40 1NY
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is pleased to offer a Principal Social Work position within Social Care Services.
We are looking for a Principal Social Worker to join the Rhondda Cynon Taf West Learning Disability Team. The team works with adults with a learning disability in the West of the borough. The worker will be joining an experienced and supportive team.
All our practitioners have the chance to influence the development of our work and are supported by a strong, experienced management team both at strategic and operational levels.
We recognise that social work is professionally and personally challenging and demands considerable levels of skill, commitment, and enthusiasm. We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports practitioners at each level to maintain their skills and Continuous Professional Development.
Our Social Care Departments have benefitted from comprehensive and significant investment in recent years, and we have responded to this by strengthening preventative services which aims to add capacity to the front line.
You will benefit from an improved career pathway for Social Work professionals, and an employee reward package, which includes flexible working, Leisure for Life membership discount, and access to the Cycle to Work and the Let's Connect technology purchase schemes.
We expect our practitioners to have a sound understanding of the practice implications of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act and other relevant legislation, be up to date with emerging issues and have experience of or an interest in working with individuals with a learning disability and their families and carers. Committed to anti-oppressive practice, successful candidates will bring strong assessment, communication, and planning skills. Assessing risks in a balanced way that promotes coproduction, independence, and choice is fundamental to the role.
We will look to you to manage a defined caseload while building and maintaining links with partner agencies. Alongside the team manager you will be responsible for the supervision and mentoring of social workers and care and support practitioners within the team. You must possess a professional recognised Social Work qualification and be expected to be registered and maintain your registration as a 'Social Worker' with Social Care Wales on appointment.
Benefits of Working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council:
* Flexible Working Arrangements - The team work remotely with one office day a week
* Excellent Career Development
* Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
* Occupational Health support and advice
* Staff Rewards scheme
* Vivup Card shopping discounts
For further information and informal discussion please contact Sarah Wynn, Team Practice & Performance Manager by email -
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.