About Us
Do you want to deliver services for children who are looked after that are flexible, focused on need and readily available when families need them?
We are now seeking a Social Worker with the expertise and skills to deliver great practice in our Children Looked After Team who provide dedicated care for children looked after. The Team supports children and young people who are voluntarily accommodated, as well as those with Care and/or Placement Orders. The Team’s focus is on enabling children to achieve their potential through stable homes, appropriate education and positive attachments including with their social worker. Where children require therapeutic support, this is readily available.
This is an exciting time to join the Vale of Glamorgan Children and Young People Services as we have expanded our workforce to meet demand, and to ensure workloads are manageable so we can deliver meaningful, purposeful services.
Our workers say the Vale:
1. ‘Lets you be yourself’
2. Has ‘approachable managers at all levels’
3. ‘Cares about people’
Support, warmth and opportunities to develop will be central to our offer to you.
To be successful in this role, you will:
1. Understand what good practice looks like when supporting families
2. Have experience in achieving excellent outcomes with children, young people, and their families
3. Confidently manage risk and build strong relationships across multi-agency partners
4. Demonstrate a commitment to relationship-based practice
In return, you will be part of an Authority that is:
1. Resourceful and resilient
2. Committed to improvement and open to new ideas
3. Dedicated to maintaining manageable workloads, where you have time to effectively support children and their families.
Benefits include:
1. Free and accessible parking
2. Regular supervision with a strong and committed extended management team
3. Our own bespoke ‘Building on Strengths’ approach that allows workers the freedom to use their expertise to deliver practice in the most helpful way
4. Hybrid working options
5. Opportunity to request flexible working arrangements
6. Excellent opportunities for personal and career development
7. Health and Wellbeing Support including 24hr Help line
8. Childcare Support Scheme
Ambitious - Forward thinking, embracing new ways of working and investing in our future.
Open - Open to different ideas and being accountable for the decisions we take.
Together - Working together as a team that engages with our customers and partners, respects diversity and is committed to quality services.
Proud - Proud of the Vale of Glamorgan; proud to serve our communities and to be part of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
About The Role
Pay Details: Grade 8, SCP 26 – 30 £36,124 - £39,513 p.a (pro rata)
Grade 9, SCP 31 – 35 £40,476 - £44,711 p.a (pro rata)
Salary on appointment will depend upon qualification and experience as determined by the appointing officer. There is no automatic progression from Grade 8 to Grade 9
Hours of Work: 37 hours / Full time (mutually beneficial work patterns can be agreed)
Main Place of Work: Docks Office, Barry
DBS Check Required: Enhanced
Description: To provide a social work service to children, young people and their families / carers, in line with the relevant legislation, guidance, regulations and national standards.
1. To work as part of a team, to undertake all activities involved in offering longer term support to children and families.
2. Work with partner agencies in order to maintain and develop relationships that ensure effective and timely support to children, young people and their families / carers.
About You
Workers in the Vale of Glamorgan are able to be kind, consistent and focused in their work with children, young people and families making a real difference to children and families when circumstances are challenging. Managers are readily available and staff wellbeing is a priority.
You will need:
1. To be a qualified and registered Social Worker with Social Care Wales.
2. Experience of statutory social work with children, young people and their families.
3. Knowledge of the principles of the Childrens Act 1989 and the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014.
4. Experience of using the Wales Safeguarding Procedures.
5. An ability to negotiate effectively.
6. A commitment to partnership working
Additional information
DBS Check Required: Enhanced Children and Adults
Relationships are central to our work, and we have altered our recruitment process to reflect this.
To apply please register your interest here: https://forms.office.com/e/TMTYa5J8w6
We will then contact you for an informal chat to see if we might be a good match. If after a chat we all want to proceed we will ask you to fill in a short form detailing your work history and references and then arrange an interview.
Alternatively for further information, please contact: Johanna Rudge, Team Manager, 01446 725202
Please see attached job description / person specification for further information.
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