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: £30.50

We are looking for a number of SWs with at least3 years post qualifying agency social workers to join our CASP, CP, PLO and Court team. Whilst we continue to offer flexible, hybrid working hours many staff enjoy being in the office and this provides the pre-covid team support and office spirit.

The team manager and principle social worker have both been in their roles for a number of years and offer a wide range of experience and skills, high levels of support, guidance and advice and the team comes with varying levels of experience both as qualified and unqualified. The team have a second PSW who case holds court cases but also provides additional support to the team and team manager. Training opportunities and monthly supervision will be provided to all agency staff. If you want to work in a passionate, committed and supportive team please apply.

We are looking for a number of experience Qualified SW’s –
These will be to go into our Locality teams – workers must be Social Care Wales qualified –

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.