Social Care Officer

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Location : Docks Office, Vale of Glamorgan Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £13.00

Intake and Family Support Team – 2 full time Social Care Officers (hours could be split for part time workers). Workers in this team must be able to travel to the Vale.

Social Care Officers in this team support Social Workers and form relationships with families to help them achieve what they want to. They help families in a purposeful way and manage risk confidently. Workers in this team offer empathetic support to families who have just been referred to Child and Young People Services who are often in crisis and as such workers need to be calm, and child focussed when things are unpredictable.

Social Care Officers will take a support role, are expected to complete well-being assessments and work with families with care and support needs. They will carry out a range of tasks across the team. It is a varied and interesting role and the team works with families looking to utilise all parts of their networks to minimise risk to children and build resilience. They are involved in all aspects of work, including planning and review for children receiving care and support as well as those with a child protection plan. Work in this team is about helping people work out what matters to them and then helping them achieve their goals.

Some experience of working with children and families is preferred.