Job profile

Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.   

Assessor Care Manager vacancy in the Placement Team

Location: Ty Catrin, Pontypridd

Are you passionate about supporting families and helping children and young people thrive? We’re looking for a caring, organised, and proactive Assessor Care Manager to join our Placement Team at Foster Wales RCT.

This is a full-time role where you’ll play a key part in supporting Children’s Services by helping to secure safe, nurturing placements for children and young people across Rhondda Cynon Taf.

In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll:

• Liaise with a wide range of professionals, both internally and externally, including fostering and residential providers.
• Build strong networks to ensure clear, consistent communication that supports timely and appropriate placements.
• Be mindful of budgets and use your negotiation skills to secure the best outcomes.
• Work closely with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure children’s individual needs are met.
• Keep accurate, up-to-date records and contribute to planning and decision-making processes.
• Carry out contract monitoring in line with agreed principles and guidance.

You might be the right fit for this role if you:

• Have experience in a similar role
• Are confident in building relationships and communicating with a wide range of people.
• Have a calm, steady approach and can manage competing priorities effectively.
• Are comfortable writing clear, thoughtful reports and working independently.
• Are compassionate, reliable, and committed to making a positive difference in children’s lives.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is creative, passionate, and enthusiastic about achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people in care. You’ll be part of a supportive and experienced fostering service, helping to secure fostering, residential, or secure placements for those who need them most.

At Foster Wales RCT, we’re proud of our stable and dedicated workforce – a team that values collaboration, supports one another, and is committed to providing the highest standard of care and support to our fostering community.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

For an informal chat or more information, please contact:    Rhiannon.Shepherd@rctcbc.gov.uk or Gemma.L.Higgon-Young@rctcbc.gov.uk

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 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.