Job Description
Principal Social Worker - Court Work\n\nPay rate in line with the All Wales Pledge - £41.58 Umbrella / £33 PAYE\n\nCity of Cardiff Council\n\nCardiff Council is seeking an experienced Principal Social Worker to join one of our Locality Teams, with a primary focus on Court Work and staff supervision.\n\nYou will hold a small, complex caseload (approximately 10–11 children across 4–5 families) subject to care proceedings and be responsible for all aspects of case management, including statutory visiting, care planning, reviews, and court work. You will complete high-quality, evidence-based assessments to support decision-making around children remaining at home or returning to parental care, with a strong understanding of risk, protective factors, trauma, and children’s timescales.\n\nYou will have substantial experience working within care proceedings, using the DOH Framework for Assessment and applying the principles of the NSPCC Reunification Framework. You will demonstrate excellent analytical skills, an understanding of trauma-informed practice, and the ability to engage parents with varied learning styles, drawing on multi-agency input and informal support networks.\n\nThis role is predominantly supervisory.
You will supervise a pod of Social Work Assistants and less experienced social workers, providing monthly supervision, quality assurance of ca...