Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Location: Cynon Principal Office
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is pleased to offer a Principal Social Work position within Social Care Services, based at Cynon Principal Office.
Our Adult Care and Support Team has a full-time, Principal Social Worker position available in the Cynon North Care and Support Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is enthusiastic and wishing to work with adults over the age of 18, who may have a physical disability, chronic illness, learning difficulty or mental health condition and whose needs are complex and need ongoing, active, Social Work involvement.
As a Principal Social Worker, you will be expected to manage a caseload whilst balancing this with other requirements of the post. You will play a key role in developing best practice, requiring you to promote and deliver consistently high standards of professional practice, deliver peer group sessions and mentor others to do the same.
You will receive and provide regular, professional, supervision on a six week basis and as Principal Social worker, you will also be involved in supervising members of the team. You will play a key role within the management of the team and be expected to deputise, on occasion, for the Team Manager.
All our practitioners have the chance to influence the development of our work and are supported by a strong, experienced management team both at strategic and operational levels.
We recognise that social work is professionally and personally challenging and demands considerable levels of skill, commitment, and enthusiasm. We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports practitioners at each level to maintain their skills and Continuous Professional Development.
Our Social Care Departments have benefited from comprehensive and significant investment in recent years, and we have responded to this by strengthening preventative services which aims to add capacity to the front line.
You will benefit from an improved career pathway for Social Work professionals, and an employee reward package, which includes flexible working, Leisure for Life membership discount, and access to the Cycle to Work and the Let’s Connect technology purchase schemes.
We expect our practitioners to have a sound understanding of the practice implications of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act and other relevant legislation, be up to date with emerging issues and have experience of or an interest in working within the relevant discipline. Committed to anti-oppressive practice, successful candidates will bring strong assessment, communication, and planning skills.
We will look to you to manage a defined caseload while building and maintaining links with partner agencies. You must possess a professional recognised Social Work qualification and be expected to be registered and maintain your registration as a 'Social Worker' with Social Care Wales on appointment.
For further information and informal discussion please contact Karl Thomas (Team Manager for the Cynon North Care and Support Team) on 07825424672
Benefits of Working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council:
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.