The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the Job Descriptions/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.
Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Consultant Social Worker
Integrated Family Support Service (IFSS)
37 hours per week
Grade 14 - £52,413 per annum
Glyncornel Centre, Nant y Gwyddon Road, Llywnypia, CF40 2JF
We are looking for a Consultant Social Worker that wants to help make a positive difference to children’s lives, supporting placement stability for children to remain in their families and assisting in their return home where appropriate.
As a Consultant Social Worker in our Children’s Services Supporting Change Teams, you would be joining a unique multi-agency and multi-disciplinary service sharing knowledge and expertise with a range of professionals, such as specialist health workers, family therapists and psychologists.
The Consultant Social Worker role is an integral part of the management team in our service and balances their own case load with the responsibility for providing supervision and professional development of staff, supporting them to successfully work co-productively with children, their families and others to design and implement time-limited, intensive, specialist family focused evidence-based interventions.
Our Consultant Social Workers receive regular support and supervision from one of our Team Practice & Performance Managers, as well as peer support from other Consultant Social Workers in the service. We also provide and encourage participation in a range of training and continuing professional development opportunities and offer a progressive structure to aid career development.
We welcome applications from experienced qualified social workers who can meet the experience requirement for the post, including undertaking evidence-based interventions with children and families where parental drug and alcohol misuse, domestic violence, and poor parental mental health have been prevalent and who are fully motivated, enthusiastic, have a ‘can do attitude’ and a flexible approach to working hours, and most importantly have a passion for working directly with children and families.
If you require further information about this post, you can contact Matthew Free, Service Manager on 01443 420940 for further discussion.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.
Care Experienced Leavers – Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of the Council’s corporate parenting role it is committed to supporting its care experienced leavers. This means anyone who has spent time within the care system at any point in their life. We encourage applications from individuals who are care experienced to enable them to access employment, education, experiences and volunteering opportunities.
The Council will guarantee an interview for any care experienced leavers who wish to take part in the scheme who meet the essential criteria for the role.
