Job profile

We are recruiting 2 Child Care Support Workers at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours:37 Hours (7.24 Monday – Friday)
Contract Type: Full Time/Fixed Term for 24 months
Location: Ty Tredomen

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Children’s Services Family and Friends Team.

We pay an attractive salary of £27,711 - £30,060 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

The Child Care Support Worker role involves working with children and their parents / carers to meet their outcomes, balancing outcomes with risk and safeguarding children in line with the Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014.

The role also entails supporting Social Workers in their work, undertaking direct work with children and young people to help them understand their life journey, undertaking assessments and supervising family time between children looked after and their birth parents.

The successful applicant would need to have good time management and organisational skills and have the right values, motivation, and commitment to work in a challenging, yet rewarding environment.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• A Level 2 Care or equivalent qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW).
• Understanding of children and young people’s behaviour, and the need for support and intervention in some circumstances.
• Excellent keyboard skills and an understanding of the need for accountability in recording accurate and timely case records.
• Experience of working with children, young people and their families.
• A 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.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme 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 Rachel Silver/Sam Thomas on 07789371545/ 01443 863247 or email silver@caerphilly.gov.uk  thomas24@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.