- Location: Docks Office, Barry (with hybrid working options across multiple community locations)
- Salary: £37,280.00 - £46,142.00 per annum + £5,000 Market Enhancement
- Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time (37 hours per week; mutually beneficial flexible patterns considered)
- DBS Requirement: Enhanced with Children's Barred List check
The Role: Family Support Team
As a Social Worker in our Family Support Team, you will deliver purposeful, longer-term interventions that help children and families identify what matters to them and empower them to achieve their goals.
You will manage risk confidently across all stages of practice, including:
- Formulating, delivering, and reviewing care and support plans for children receiving services.
- Supporting children subject to Child Protection Plans.
- Managing cases through to the conclusion of Public Law care proceedings where required.
- Collaborating closely with partner agencies (education, health, police) to deliver coordinated, timely family interventions.
- Implementing our bespoke "Building on Strengths" framework, giving you the autonomy to practice creatively and effectively.
What We Are Looking For
- Professional Registration: Recognized Social Work qualification and active registration with Social Care Wales.
- Statutory Experience: Proven experience in statutory children's social work, supporting children, young people, and their families through complex circumstances.
- Legislative Framework: Sound knowledge of the Children Act 1989, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, and the Wales Safeguarding Procedures.
- Skills: Excellent negotiation, relationship-building, and multi-agency partnership skills, combined with sound risk analysis and decision-making.
What We Offer
- Competitive Pay: Core salary up to £46,142 + an additional £5,000 market supplement.
- Manageable Workloads: A protected environment backed by an expanded workforce to ensure you have quality time for direct work.
- Work-Life Balance: Hybrid working arrangements and flexible work patterns.
- Supportive Culture: Regular, reflective supervision with approachable, visible managers.
- Health & Family Benefits: 24/7 Employee Health and Wellbeing support line and Childcare Support Scheme.
- Continuous Professional Development: Clear routes for ongoing learning, specialized training, and career progression.
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Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
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