We are recruiting a Social Worker at Caerphilly County Borough Council.
Position Details
Working hours: 37 hours per week.
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent.
Location: Tredomen House / Home working / Working hours can be split between home and office depending on specific task requirements.
Team: Children’s Services.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organization. We pay an attractive salary of £39,152 - £41,771 with an additional £3,551 annual market supplement, and offer access to training and development opportunities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide a service within our dynamic Children’s Services Locality Teams.
Caerphilly County Borough Council's Children Services are looking for a full time Social Worker in the Caerphilly West Team who have the right values, motivation, and commitment to work in a challenging yet rewarding environment.
There are six geographically located Children Services (locality) teams. The teams undertake high quality assessments and care management of children and their families who have been assessed as requiring ongoing social services intervention. The teams cover both short‑and long‑term work, including Children in Need of Care and Support, Children Looked After, Child Protection and court work.
For the role, we ask that you have:
* A Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor.
* Excellent communication skills with children, young people, their families/carers and professionals.
* Experience of multi‑agency working.
* Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business purposes to travel throughout the borough to attend meetings.
If you are a qualified social worker, or are due to qualify this year, come to work in Caerphilly and be supported on your social work journey. We welcome applications from third‑year social work students. Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity of starting as unqualified support workers. Once qualified, they will then be appointed as social workers.
We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list.
Contact
After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sarah Parry on 07769703594 or email parrys1@caerphilly.gov.uk / Colette Limbrick on 07394029942 or email limbrc@caerphilly.gov.uk.
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