Job profile

We are recruiting Senior Practitioners at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours:  37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time
Location: Various locations within the borough

Caerphilly County Borough Council's Children Services Locality Teams are looking for full time Senior Practitioners in Caerphilly East, Bargoed and Risca Teams.

We pay an attractive salary of £40,221 - £43,421, with an additional £3,441 annual market supplement, to be paid in 12 instalments alongside the salary, and offer access to training and development opportunities.

We are seeking to appoint dynamic, experienced and enthusiastic practitioners to become part of our progressive and creative teams.

The successful candidates will hold a more complex caseload, be able to offer support, mentoring and supervision to team members, monitor team performance, assist the Team Manager, and deputise when required.

The Teams undertake high quality assessments and planning for children and their families who require on going social services intervention. The teams cover both short- and long-term work, including Children in Need of Care and Support, Safeguarding, Children Looked After and court work.

If you have the right values, motivation, and commitment to work in a challenging, yet rewarding environment, we want to hear from you.

Are you effective at building positive working relationships with good communication and IT skills? Do you have genuine passion and commitment to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families? Do you want to work collaboratively to promote "what matters" with children and their families? Does this sound like the right job for you?

If so, we will provide you with the following:

• Comprehensive induction.
• Training to promote your continued professional development.
• An embedded risk assessment model.
• Evidenced based and timely decision making.
• Regular supervision, annual appraisal and opportunities for reflective practice.
• Supportive and experienced Senior Practitioner colleagues and Team Manager.
• Visible and strong leadership from the Senior Management Team

For the role, we ask that you have:

• Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor qualification.
• Successful completion of the Consolidation of Practice Programme within the first three years of practice (if qualified after 1 April 2016).
• Registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales or equivalent regulators in England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.
• Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business purposes to travel throughout the borough to attend meetings.
• An enhanced level of social work skills, expertise within child protection and court work and be able to promote and develop good standards of practice both personally and within the team.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Carol Davies, Service Manager on 01443 86475 or email daviec30@caerphilly.gov.uk

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.  Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport, or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk

for further information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants.  This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

You must possess a Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor and be registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales (or able to transfer from another recognised body).

The current registration requirements state that completion of the Consolidation of Practice qualification within your first 3 years of practice is mandatory (if you qualified after 1st April 2016).   Failure to successfully complete this qualification will result in you being unable to renew your Social Work Registration or practice as a Social Worker.

This post attracts a Market Supplement of £3,441 per annum, in addition to the annual salary, which will be paid in 12 monthly instalments.