Job profile

Foster Wales RCT Support Team - Mainstream Support Team 

Unit 2, Maritime Business Park, Maritime Industrial Estate, Pontypridd

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

This is a newly created full-time role where you’ll play a vital part in supporting foster carers who provide safe, loving homes for children and young people across Rhondda Cynon Taf.

As an Assessor Care Manager, you will:

• Provide ongoing support and guidance to foster carers, helping them feel confident, informed, and valued.
• Work closely with colleagues and professionals to ensure children’s needs are met.
• Maintain clear, accurate records and contribute to planning and decision-making.
• Undertake person-centred support planning, and reviews in line with agreed case allocation principles and guidance.
• Action support services where required to meet the needs of carers and children.
• Take on new cases as allocated, with the opportunity to develop your skills by managing increasingly complex cases over time.
• Carry out safeguarding actions in line with statutory children’s safeguarding policies and procedures.

You could be a great fit for this role if you:

• Have experience working with children, families, or carers in a supportive or assessment-based role.
• Are confident in building relationships and communicating with a wide range of people.
• Can write clear, thoughtful reports and manage your time effectively.
• Are compassionate, reliable, and committed to making a positive difference.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and passionate individual who is enthusiastic about achieving positive outcomes for children and young people in care. You’ll be working within a supportive fostering service, helping to strengthen and sustain mainstream fostering households.

At Foster Wales RCT, we’re proud of our stable, dedicated workforce – a team that values collaboration and is committed to providing the very best 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:
Tracey Arnold, Team Practice and Performance Manager
Tracey.Arnold@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 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.