Cardiff SW

Job Description

Job Title : Cardiff SW
Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £31.66

We are looking for a number of experience Qualified SW’s –
These will be to go into our Locality and CHAD teams – workers must be Social Care Wales qualified –
Below is a description of the orders – please state what role you are submitting your candidates for

LOCALITY
Cardiff City Council are looking to bring in a number of qualified Social Workers to cover mainly Child Protection cases.

If you enjoy working and supporting children and their families to help them achieve their full potential, then working with Cardiff County Council could be the right job for you.
We are currently looking for SW for the Intake and Locality long term teams

Cardiff being the Capital City of Wales is a great place to live and work, and we work within the Social Services and Well Being Act (Wales)2014. This Act focuses on working with people and families in partnership, to meet their needs in order to prevent them from escalating. The Wales Safeguarding Procedures are based on the principle that the protection of children from harm is the responsibility of all individuals, and all agencies working with the children.

Cardiff is a vibrant City and was voted as one of the best places to live in the UK in 2019. It also has some of the best cultural and recreational activities.

We are looking for experienced social workers for both the Intake teams and Locality (long term teams) who can work with children whose names are placed on the Child Protection Register, families under Pre-Proceedings (PLO) and Court cases. You will be working in a busy, supportive skilled team that aim to make a positive impact to children and their families in order to improve their safety and well-being.

As a social worker in Cardiff you will make an impact on children’s lives, through your commitment and dedication you will help deliver high quality services and use a child-centred approach. Our social workers make a real difference to the families they work with and help their families who may have had a difficult start in life to achieve their best outcomes. As a social worker you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding children, building upon family relationships to support and empower children and their families to make important choices about the direction of their lives.

Cardiff prides ourselves in the way we listen to the needs of our social workers and offer a great flexible and hybrid working approach.

Listening to families and children are at the heart of what we do . You would be working in partnership with families helping them to develop skills for their children to live in a happy and safe home environment.

CHAD
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join our Child Health & Disability Team has arisen in Cardiff. The team is currently operating on a mixed – working from home, agile and within local office space (County Hall).
You will need:
• A Degree or Masters in Social Work Diploma in SW (or equivalent).
• Experience of working within a Child Health & Disability Team
• Experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary team around children

The main duties of the post holder will be:
• Working alongside a multi-agency team of professionals, in partnership with families.
• To use the Signs of Safety approach to underpin social work practice
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of effective systems to ensure quality services.
• Complete Wellbeing Assessments, child protection enquiry and develop and review care and support plans.
• Working in a multiagency capacity to support families
• Attendance at Child Protection Conferences, Children who are Looked After Review and Court may be required.
• Provide specialist advice and support across the wider children’s services team in respect to children with additional needs.
• Participate in the team duty rota.
• Participate in regular team meetings.
• Demonstrate a high level of good quality written and verbal practice.
• Provide peer support to newly qualified social workers.

CHAD Transition
Come and join our dedicated, enthusiastic, and passionate child health & disability team in Cardiff.
We are an innovative and creative team from a variety of backgrounds including education, adult mental health, therapeutic, fostering and residential services.
We work together with children, young people and their families in conjunction with a range of professionals to create outcome focussed SMART plans that are child-centred.
We support children and young people who have complex needs associated with their disability throughout the span of their childhood. We work closely with adult services colleagues to ensure a smooth and seamless transition to adulthood. We are responsible for children and young people who receive care and support, care and protection and children who are looked after.
You will be given the opportunity to work with children who have a variety of needs and supported to develop specialist areas of interest. You will be provided with regular supervision, peer supervision, practice development opportunities and a range of training options. As a new member of the team you will be paired with an experienced buddy and have a comprehensive induction.
You will also be offered a competitive rate of pay and annual leave allowance, generous pension contribution and a market supplement which is reviewed on an annual basis.
“Before joining the child health & disability team I was nervous about my ability to support children who have complex needs. However, through the support of my team mates, manager and the variety of training and experience I have been provided with I have been able to build on existing transferable skills to become a confident social worker who enjoys supporting and mentoring others. The most rewarding part of my role is completing direct work with children, children with additional needs are children first and are at the centre of all of the work we do!”
Emily Diamond, Principal Social Worker.