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Social Worker

Job details
Posting date: 05 September 2025
Salary: £39,192 to £41,771 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 18 September 2025
Location: Caerphilly, Caerphilly County
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Caerphilly County Borough Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: REQ0010416

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Summary

We are recruiting a Social Worker at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 37 Hours (7.24 Monday – Friday)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Various Locations across the Borough

Team: Childrens Services


This position offers an excellent opportunity to become part of our team and provide support across the organization.

We pay an attractive salary of £39,152 - £41,771 and offer access to training and development opportunities.



This post attracts a Market Supplement of £3,551 per annum, in addition to the annual salary, which will be paid in 12 monthly instalments.



This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide a service within our dynamic Children’s Services Locality Teams. Caerphilly County Borough Council's Children Services are looking for a full time Social Worker in the Rhymney Team who have the right values, motivation, and commitment to work in a challenging, yet rewarding environment.



There are six geographically located Children Services (locality) teams. The teams undertake high quality assessments and care management of children and their families who have been assessed as requiring on going social services intervention. The teams cover both short- and long term work, including Children in Need of Care and Support, Children Looked After, Child Protection and court work.



If you are a qualified social worker, or are due to qualify this year, come to work in Caerphilly and be supported on your social work journey. We welcome applications from third year social work students. Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity of starting as unqualified support workers. Once qualified, they will then be appointed as social workers.



For the role, we ask that you have:

Diploma/Degree in Social Work or predecessor. Social Workers qualifying after 1 April 2016 are required to complete the Consolidation of Practice qualification within the first three years of practice.
Excellent communication skills with children, young people, their families/carers and professionals.
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 and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Margaret Thomas on 01685 846454 or email thomam7@caerphilly.gov.uk

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