About the role:
This role involves direct interventions with children, young people and their families to provide a range of assistance and support them to achieve their family goals. This includes supporting complex situations providing interventions to those who have experienced trauma and abuse.
About you:
- Committed to the development of practice and services which promote equality
- Capacity to work calmly and effectively with young people with significant issues, including an ability to promote the views of children and young people and work in a holistic manner.
- Understanding of how children’s complex life experiences can impact on their ability to form relationships and interact with others.
- Excellent communication skills both written and orally including the ability to communicate with children young people and their families and/or carers and families in an appropriate manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage work, including completing write case recordings
- The ability to facilitate group work
What you will do:
- Build positive working relationship with children, young people and their families and work from a child-centred, rights based approach
- Undertake direct work with children, young people and their families or carers, by using a variety of evidence- based models, methods and tools
- Support families in crisis with the aim of maintaining the family unit and keeping families together. Utilising appropriate models and methods to support practice and promote effective and sustained changes
- Facilitate a range of group work, to children, young people and families for example, evidence based Parenting Courses for parents who need some extra help
- Work closely with professionals, and partner agencies, to establish excellent working relationships and meet the needs of children, young people and their families.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact:
Charlotte Foulkes, Principal social worker North
[email protected]
01597 826246
This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check
Service: Children's Services
Salary: Grade 7 Point 15 to Point 19 £30,024 to £32,061 per annum £15.56 to £16.61per hour
Please note that at this point, Powys County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.
- We will train you and develop your skills
- Flexible Working
- Guaranteed defined benefit Pension Scheme
- Learning and Development
- Lease Car Scheme
- Competitive Pay
- A Great Place to Live
- Powys County Council Reward Scheme
- Health and Well Being
- Salary Sacrifice Benefits
