Posted 15/10/2024
£36,648 - £42,403 per annum
Job Reference: REQ004733.
The Children and Families North 1 and 2 teams have recently merged within the Children and Families Services Division in Torfaen, allowing for a wider support network of social workers in providing a range of services to support children and families, supported by 2 Team Managers and 3 Assistant Team Managers.
Are you an experienced social worker thinking of a change, or a newly qualified social worker / Student who is hoping to Qualify in 2023? If so we welcome and encourage applications from you. As a student, there is the opportunity to secure a post pending successful qualification and becoming employed within the team as a Community Support Worker until you qualify.
Join our supportive, experienced and committed Children and Families team for an opportunity to develop your assessment, planning and intervention skills to meet the needs of Children and Families, working with wider agencies and in partnership with others. Team members are all very experienced with the team currently being between 2 and 14 years post qualified – the average being 7 years.
You will be joining an innovative team and working in a progressive, committed and learning environment where practitioners are supported and valued.
Aside from the requirement of visits in the community, the team work together in the newly refurbished Civic Centre one day a week (this can be more if wanted / pending need); working from home and using virtual platforms for the majority of meetings are supported. There are also the benefits of the Flexible working system which is a benefit to many and utilised well within the team.
We know it can be a demanding job, so we believe in nurturing our practitioners by providing a genuinely supportive environment; supervision is a priority as is the sharing of skills, knowledge and learning, as well as peer and independent clinical supervision. The Local Authority encourages and supports wider learning and post qualifying training programmes and study.
Torfaen is one of the only Local Authorities where Managers / Assistant Team Managers Chair, minute and set/review plans at Core group / Care and Support meetings; attend child protection conferences and will support in the Court Arena.
As A Social Worker You Will:
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Salary: £36,648 - £42,403, Grade 8
Contractual Hours: 37 hours
Torfaen County Borough Council is the governing body for Torfaen, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
The borough council was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as a lower-tier district council with borough status. Gwent County Council provided county-level services for the area. The county council was abolished in 1996 and Torfaen became a principal area with county borough status, with the council taking over the functions previously performed by the county council.
Borough status allows Torfaen to give the chair of the council the title of mayor. However, the council discontinued the role of mayor in 2018. A presiding member role has been created instead to chair meetings.
Torfaen County Borough Council
Civic Centre
Pontypool
NP4 6YB