Senior Social Worker
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £44,075 to £46,142 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Powys, Wales |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Powys County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
About the role:
A fast-paced role, playing an important part of the Front Door team for Powys Children’s Services, assessing children and families’ needs for advice, information and assistance inline with the requirements of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (and other legislation), the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, the CYSUR threshold and guidance documents, and the Local Authorities policy and guidance. -
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About you:
Ability to work on own initiative within a high pressured and faced paced work
An enthusiastic motivated professional worker who is committed to improving outcomes for children, young people -
Good communication skills, written and verbal. - - -
Good IT skills.
Ability to organise, prioritise and manage a caseload.
Commitment to the principle of confidentiality.
What you will do:
Working at pace to swiftly conclude the Front Door element of work on referrals to Children’s Services
Enable access to Social Services
Giving advice and/ or information, and assessing need to access assistance
Applying criteria to help ensure children and families access the right support at the right time
Working closely with colleagues to gather information, analysing that information to help make decisions.
This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check
A fast-paced role, playing an important part of the Front Door team for Powys Children’s Services, assessing children and families’ needs for advice, information and assistance inline with the requirements of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (and other legislation), the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, the CYSUR threshold and guidance documents, and the Local Authorities policy and guidance. -
setting -
About you:
Ability to work on own initiative within a high pressured and faced paced work
An enthusiastic motivated professional worker who is committed to improving outcomes for children, young people -
Good communication skills, written and verbal. - - -
Good IT skills.
Ability to organise, prioritise and manage a caseload.
Commitment to the principle of confidentiality.
What you will do:
Working at pace to swiftly conclude the Front Door element of work on referrals to Children’s Services
Enable access to Social Services
Giving advice and/ or information, and assessing need to access assistance
Applying criteria to help ensure children and families access the right support at the right time
Working closely with colleagues to gather information, analysing that information to help make decisions.
This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check
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