Job Description

We are recruiting a Senior Practitioner at Caerphilly County Borough Council.
Working hours: 37 Hours (7.24 Monday Friday)
Contract Type: Full Time/Fixed Term until 31st March 2026
Location: Ty Pawb/Various locations across the Borough
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Childrens Services Team.
We pay an attractive salary of 341,511 - 344,711 and offer access to training and development opportunities.
Caerphilly Childrens Services have developed their Strategy aimed at reducing the numbers of Children Looked After.
The main focus of the role will be to facilitate family meetings to empower families to develop a family plan to support children and young people to remain cared for within their family. You will need to be effective at building positive working relationships and committed to promoting a solution focused family approach to intervention, championing a strengths based approach with families.
The successful candidate will need a proven ability to work collaboratively with families to promote "what matters" to them. You must have excellent communication and organisational skills in facilitating family meetings and safety planning. Training will be given but you will already have transferable skills from working with families at times of crisis.
For the role, we ask that you have:

• A Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor qualification.
• Successfully completing of the Consolidation of Practice Programme within the first three years of practice (if qualified after 1 April 2016).
• Up to date knowledge of current legislation and statutory regulations, research and practice in relation to the relevant service area.
• Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business purposes to travel throughout the borough to attend meetings.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.
To view the and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list
After reading the and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Karen Singler on 01495 233261 or email singlk@caerphilly.gov.uk
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
You must possess a Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor and be registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales (or able to transfer from another recognised body).
The current registration requirements state that completion of the Consolidation of Practice qualification within your first 3 years of practice is mandatory (if you qualified after 1st April 2016). Failure to successfully complete this qualification will result in you being unable to renew your Social Work Registration or practice as a Social Worker.