View Vacancy -- Child Care Support Worker

Social Care - Children and Young People
Community and Children's Services
Children's Services
Grade 5
£22,777
Permanent Full Time

Rhondda Cynon Taf Children's Services are looking to appoint a Child Care Support Worker in the East and West Intensive Intervention Teams. You will be based in a social work team and work to the social worker supporting and undertaking direct work with children, young people and their families. This role also supports contact between children and their parents.

The successful candidate must possess the Children and Young People level 3 in Health and Social Care (QCF) or predecessor NVQ Level 3 in Caring for Children and Young People or have the ability to achieve the QCF within 2 years of being allocated an assessor.

Knowledge and experience of working with children and their families is essential.

For further information about our current vacancies or to arrange an informal discussion please use our Children’s Services vacancy enquiry form.

https://customerportal.rctcbc.gov.uk/ChildrensServicesContactForm

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.

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.

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Ty Trevithick / Rhondda Principal Office
Abercynon / Berw Road
Mountain Ash / Tonypandy
CF45 4UQ / CF40 2HH
14 April 2023
If you'd like to apply for this vacancy in Welsh, please use the 'Newid Iaith/Change Language' link at the top of this page to take you to the Welsh version of this advert, from which you can apply in Welsh.

This opportunity is closed to applications.