Principal Officer - Locality Hub
Job Description
37 hours per week
Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work for an employer who places great importance on high quality supervision, wellbeing, and career development?
Bridgend County Borough Council offers great opportunities to further your social work career. We are now able to recruit a permanent Principal Officer who can assist the Group Manager and the Team Managers managing the locality teams.
Our Locality Teams are currently based within four community hubs around the county borough. Our targeted family support services are co-located with our Locality Teams to provide a continuum of services ranging from early help to intensive provision to families with complex needs. We also have teams who offer expertise in relation to children with disabilities, care experienced children and young people aged 16 and over who are entitled to leaving care services.
We would love to hear from experienced social work managers who are registered with Social Care Wales and have extensive experience at managing social workers and who are keen to progress in their social work career. The successful candidate will receive a robust induction, regular supervision, additional support and mentoring if required and will have opportunities for further career development.
In 2023, Children’s Social Care launched the ‘Signs of Safety’ social work model which underpins all our practice in Bridgend County Borough Children’s Services. All new staff will be provided with the appropriate training to support them to develop their practice in line with the principles of the model.
We are a reflective organisation that continuously builds on its strengths and is committed to the principle that the most effective way of improving outcomes for all children, young people and families is through the provision of accessible, universal services. Protecting children, young people and adults deemed to be at risk is the core responsibility of all council employees.
Bridgend County Borough Council is committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Working in a rewarding and educational environment where staff feel valued is what you can expect with Bridgend County Borough Council as your employer.
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
A criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Closing Date: 11 December 2024
Shortlisting Date: 13 December 2024
Interview Date: 20 December 2024
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