£35,235 - £38,626 per year for Newly Qualified (Grade 8) / £39,513 - £43,693 per year for post CPEL (Grade 9). An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Social Worker post in the Single Point of Contact Team, Child & Family Services.
If you enjoy supporting children and their families to help them achieve their full potential, then Swansea Council could have just the service for you. Swansea is a great place to live and work. It's an innovative waterfront city at the heart of the wider Swansea Bay City Region. From stunning coastal scenery to tranquil parks, a thriving cultural scene to the best of modern city living, the city offers the best of all worlds.
SPOC is a multi-agency team made up of 2 hubs, The Integrated Information Advice and Assistance Hub (IIAA) and the Domestic Abuse Hub (DAH). These Hubs have a shared purpose of assisting children, young people, and families in Swansea to live happy, healthy and safe lives with help from the right people at the right time if and when they need it.
SPOC also has multi-disciplinary representation from early help staff with expertise in young people's services, youth offending, CDT, Health, and Education. SPOC works closely with the CMET team (contextual, missing, exploited, trafficked).
Our approach follows the principles of the Social Services and Well Being Act (Wales) 2014, which focuses on working with people, in partnership, to meet their needs and prevent them from escalating.
When families, members of the public or professionals contact SPOC, they speak to a qualified Social Worker who talks to them to understand what matters, provides information, advice and assistance, and agrees personal outcomes with them to identify the right support at the right time.
The Wales Safeguarding Procedures are based on the principle that the protection of children from harm is the responsibility of all individuals and agencies working with children and families, and with adults who may pose a risk to children. Partnership working and communication between agencies is identified as key in order to identify vulnerable children and to help keep them safe from harm and abuse.
The role of the Social Worker in SPOC will be:
1. Provide advice and guidance to parents, carers, professionals, and members of the public who contact SPOC via telephone or e-mail by helping them explore and consider their personal circumstances, worries, complicating factors, existing strengths, and wellbeing goals.
2. Undertake proportionate assessments with families and those already supporting them in order to determine whether the needs can be met via early help services, if a case requires a child protection response in line with the Wales safeguarding procedures, or whether there are eligible care and support needs that cannot be met via preventative services.
3. Consult with Senior Social Workers and Practice leads in respect of complex cases.
4. Chair meetings such as family network meetings or step up meetings from early help hub.
5. Liaise with Practice leads/seniors from SCP and EHH's when transferring cases to their area of service.
6. Support families and professionals to develop well-being plans which they can achieve with or without the assistance of others to prevent escalation.
7. Support families and professionals to develop safety plans.
8. Support in the development of a contextual safeguarding approach by helping families, professionals, and members of the public to identify areas that may be a risk when they are receiving initial information.
9. Maintain positive links with partner agencies.
Within Swansea Council, there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers, and contractors. Further details can be found at Swansea Corporate Safeguarding.
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