Social Worker / Experienced Social Worker - Intensive Intervention Teams

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is pleased to offer Social Work positions within our Intensive Intervention Teams (East and West, 1,2,3). We are also welcoming applications from final year students who will qualify later this year. All staff within our ACP Intensive Intervention Teams (East and West, 1,2,3) are eligible to receive a £2,000 market supplement. This is regardless of length of post qualifying experience and will be reviewed in May 2025. This payment will be paid pro rata on a monthly basis.

Grade 11 (£41,511) Entry Level Social Worker and registration with Social Care Wales. Grade 12 (£44,711) Experienced Social Worker ~ minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience and registration with Social Care Wales.

About the Teams

Our Intensive Intervention teams offer the opportunity to work with children with wide ranging needs, which includes children subject to care and support plans (CASP), Children Looked After (CLA) and those in the child protection arena. This affords a variety of work and learning opportunities. We have focussed our resources to support social workers to deliver high quality assessments, plans and direct work, to improve the experience and outcomes for children.

Our Offer to you

Working at Rhondda Cynon Taf Children’s Services, you will have access to a wide range of staff benefits, as well as an extensive range of learning and development opportunities. We also want to do everything we can to ensure that we protect your wellbeing, and you have a positive work/life balance. All our practitioners are supported by a strong, experienced management team both at strategic and operational levels. You will manage a defined caseload while building and maintaining links with partner agencies. We also offer excellent supervision opportunities.

• The right to request flexible working and we have supportive policies for parents which include enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay.
• We also work in an agile way, which enables you to work from both home and the office.
• Access to our Occupational Health Unit and CARI, our new digital confidential wellbeing tool.
• 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years’ service. There is also an option to purchase additional annual leave to a maximum of 10 days (pro rata) per year.
• A generous Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Access to our dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre, which actively supports practitioners at each level to maintain their skills and Continuous Professional Development.
• We are also developing a programme to support practitioner wellbeing in RCT Children’s Services, with the focus of nurturing supportive resilient teams.

This is just some of what we have to offer, take a look at our dedicated Children’s Services webpages for more information about why you should choose a Social Work career in RCT.

Final Year Social Work Students

RCT has a successful and proven track record of supporting large numbers of students at all levels. Final year students who are successful at interview are offered the opportunity to be employed as temporary Assessor Care Managers from the earliest opportunity until their registration is complete. Furthermore, we understand that transitioning from studies into employment can be a busy time, and therefore hours in advance of taking up a qualified position can be flexible to suit individual needs. Why wait, apply now!

As we are a large local authority and we experience natural turnover, we welcome applications from final year student Social Workers who are qualifying from now until the summer of 2025.

Additional Information

Those shortlisted for interview will be asked to confirm if they are applying for a Social Worker (GR11) or Experienced Social Worker (GR12) post prior to interview. Those applying for an Experienced Social Worker position will need to be prepared to provide evidence at interview of their registration with Social Care Wales and 3 years post-qualifying social work experience.

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 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.