Job Title: Principal Social Worker – Cardiff – UASC Team (non-caseholding)
Location: Cardiff
Rate: £41.28 per hour
An exciting opportunity for a Principal Social Worker to join our Child Health & Disability Team has become available in Cardiff.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will work alongside a multi-agency team of professionals, partnering with families to provide comprehensive support. You will take a lead in the team by using the Signs of Safety approach to social work practice, encouraging and supporting the team in adopting this approach. Your contributions will help develop and maintain effective systems to ensure quality services. You will engage with MASH in relation to referrals, supervise Wellbeing Assessments and Section 47 investigations, and work in a multiagency capacity to support families. Attending Child Protection Case Conferences alongside the social worker will be part of your responsibilities. Additionally, you will provide a consultation role on practice issues for staff and, where appropriate, managers. You will offer specialist advice and support across the team, provide supervision, mentoring, and coaching to staff within Children’s Services, and support other staff with students on placement to ensure good quality placements and workforce development. Taking responsibility for delegated decision-making appropriate to the role will also be essential.
Benefits:
1. Great rate of pay £41.28 per hour
2. Hybrid working
Qualifications and Experiences:
To be successful in this role you must have Social Care Wales registration, be eligible to work in the UK, hold a qualification in Social Work at degree level, and have post-qualified experience. You have experience working within a Child Health and Disability Team and, providing supervision to students and staff.
How to apply?
If this is a job for you, feel free to click apply below or if you want to learn more about it, please contact 0345 241 9590.
Why Liquid Personnel?
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8. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
9. Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
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