Frontline Children's Social Worker - Blackwood (Caerphilly)

Frontline Children's - Social Worker

Pay rate in line with the All Wales Pledge - £38.15 Umbrella

Caerphilly County Borough Council 

Blackwood children services is seeking a qualified social worker to work in a frontline children services team in Caerphilly CBC. The post will require intensive work with families and includes undertaking assessments and safeguarding roles to ensure children are safe.  The team work across all areas including CASP, CP. CLA and may include court work. The team are friendly and welcoming.

If you are effective at building positive working relationships, have good communication and IT skills and have a genuine passion and commitment to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families, we want to hear from you. We work collaboratively to promote "what matters" with children and their families.

Caerphilly Children Services have strong links to the Gwent Attachment Service and Caerphilly has invested in MyST therapeutic service, which provides intensive support to their Children who are Looked After.

Benefits of working for Hoop:

• 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
• Your local agency based in Cardiff
• Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search
• PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
• Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
• Twice weekly payroll
• Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
• Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
• Refer a friend scheme available
• Loyalty Bonus to QSW's
• Wellbeing sessions

To apply for this role, you will need to hold -

• A relevant Social Work Qualification
• Registration with Social Care Wales
• Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
• 3 Years of referencing
• Driving license with access to a car

Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.

Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on 02922 400519 if you want to find out more.