Children’s Enhanced Social Worker – Wrexham County Borough Council
Salary: £38.43 per hour (Umbrella) / £28.70 per hour (PAYE) – All Wales Pledge
Team: Assessment and Intervention Team
Contract: Full time - Initially 12 weeks
Working with Wrexham County Borough Council, We are seeking a motivated and skilled Children’s Enhanced Social Worker to join their Assessment and Intervention Team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where you will make a real difference to children, adults at risk, and their families.
About the Role As part of the Assessment and Intervention Team, you will:
Conduct Section 47 enquiries and comprehensive assessments.
Manage an allocated caseload, delivering routine interventions and escalating complex cases requiring higher-level professional input.
Work collaboratively with colleagues to provide support to children, adults, and their families, ensuring risks are identified and minimised.
Consolidate and develop your skills through mentoring, guidance, and professional supervision, taking on increasing responsibility and independent decision-making.
Undertake assessments, design care and support plans (including education plans), and recommend appropriate support from internal and external providers.
Apply social work techniques to meet the needs of children, adults, families, and carers, ensuring all plans are evidence-based, recorded, reviewed, and updated.
Participate in a duty rota, responding effectively to urgent cases, assessing risks, and coordinating immediate responses while working in partnership with other professionals.What We’re Looking For
Social work qualification and Social Care Wales registration.
Experience in children’s social care, including Section 47 enquiries.
Ability to manage complex caseloads, prioritise effectively, and make sound professional decisions.
Strong communication and partnership skills to work with children, adults, families, carers, and other professionals.
Commitment to delivering child- and family-centred practice.Why apply?
Be part of a supportive, experienced team with mentoring and professional development opportunities.
Work on a varied and meaningful caseload that will challenge and develop your professional skills.
Make a direct impact on the lives of children, adults, and families in Wrexham.If you are passionate about safeguarding and supporting children and families, and want to develop your career in a dynamic and rewarding environment, we would love to hear from you. You can apply online, send me your most recent CV to (url removed) or call me on (phone number removed). If you know of anyone that meets the requirements for this role, pass them my detiails and ask then to contact me to today