Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001719

Date posted

28/07/2025

Apply by

11/08/2025

Salary

Social Worker GR11 - 41,511 Experienced Social Worker GR12 - 44,711

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Social Work

Social Worker / Experienced Social Worker

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Job description

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

Specialist Mental Health and Substance Misuse Housing Outreach Service (HOS)

Location: Sardis House, Pontypridd

Grade 11 Social Worker 41,511

Grade 12 Experienced Social Worker 44,711

The Specialist Mental Health and Substance Misuse Housing Outreach Service is a collaboration of agencies including Health, Local Authorities, and Third Sector, delivering health interventions treatment, and support directly to single homeless people placed in temporary accommodation provision across Cwm Taf Morgannwg and to individuals accommodated in the community as part of Housing First provision who are at risk of homelessness. This is a new and innovative service which commenced in 2021.



To build on the successes already achieved, and to meet the increase in demand, we are looking for a Social Worker / Experienced Social Worker who will be an integral part of the team, bringing a much-needed community care perspective. You will be an enthusiastic professional with a passion for partnership working who has a strong background and experience in working with vulnerable individuals with multi-faceted issues. You will be working directly with individuals who have been identified as having complex social care issues that are impacting on their ability to access and / or sustain a tenancy.



This post is an exciting opportunity to participate in a new area of work. You will deliver effective joint working arrangements with existing partnerships across the region; identify opportunities for development of the role in accordance with the needs of the population; raise awareness of the service and develop mechanisms for participation of people who use our services to inform service delivery and development.



You will need to be a good team player and communicator; be able to respond flexibly to changing demands and priorities; work as an individual with self-motivation and act with diplomacy in sometimes difficult and sensitive areas/circumstances to achieve challenging targets.



The hours of work are 37 per week, and the team is based within Sardis House, Pontypridd, CF37 1DU. The post will cover both the RCT and Merthyr area and there will be an opportunity for remote working and accessing bases throughout RCT and Merthyr.



The post is grant funded until March 2026. Ongoing funding will be subject to a successful bid to Welsh Government. However, the post is advertised as a permanent role within RCT.



For an informal discussion please contact Claire Day: 07769164695: claire.day@rctcbc.gov.uk





You must possess a professional recognised Social Work qualification and be expected to be registered and maintain your registration as a 'Social Worker' with Social Care Wales on appointment.



All our practitioners have the chance to influence the development of our work and are supported by a strong, experienced senior management team both at strategic and operational levels.



We recognise that Social Work is professionally and personally challenging and demands considerable levels of skill, commitment, and enthusiasm. We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports practitioners at each level to maintain their skills and Continuous Professional Development.



Our Social Care Departments have benefitted from comprehensive and significant investment in recent years, and we have responded to this by strengthening preventative services which aims to add capacity to the front line.



You will benefit from an improved career pathway for Social Work professionals, an employee reward package, which includes flexible working, Leisure for Life membership discount, and access to the Cycle to Work and the Let's Connect technology purchase schemes.



We expect our practitioners to have a sound understanding of the practice implications of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act and other relevant legislation, be up to date with emerging issues and have experience of or an interest in working within the relevant discipline. Committed to anti-oppressive practice, successful candidates will bring strong assessment, communication, and planning skills.





Benefits of Working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council:


Flexible Working Arrangements Excellent Career Development Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions Occupational Health support and advice Staff Rewards scheme Vivup Card shopping discounts

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.