Social Worker

Posted 10 June 2025
LocationCardiff CF10 United Kingdom
Job type Contract
Sector Social / NGO / Health & Care

Job description

2-3 months contract with a local authority

Job Purpose

  • To assist people to resolve major difficulties in their lives and to enhance their independence and coping skills. To work within current legislation and Council policy, procedures and practice to assess, commission and review services, including planned interventions, for a specific client group. To work within the statutory guidance and policy/procedural framework to assist in protecting those who are at risk or vulnerable. To contribute to the development and maintenance of workable systems to ensure quality of service across the city and the identification of people particularly at risk. To work positively with colleagues in the statutory and independent sector to ensure an appropriate multi-agency approach, and to empower clients to speak for themselves.

Key Duties/Accountabilities

  • To review and update knowledge of legal, policy and procedural frameworks and demonstrate professional competence in social work practice as laid down in the Code of Practice for Social Workers.
  • To work with individuals, families, carer groups and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
  • To assist users to enhance their independence and coping skills.
  • To assess needs, risks and options, taking into account legal and other requirements, including child protection and protection of vulnerable adults.
  • To assess, identify, plan, implement and review the circumstances of individuals and their families and the need for procedural and legal intervention to meet their immediate needs.
  • To work actively with carers to identify and meet their support needs.
  • To prepare for and participate in decision-making forums.
Essential Experience Required

  • Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
  • Experience of supervision of staff
  • Experience of managing a caseload of ranging complexity and problems, and competing demands
  • Experience of working with the Mental Health Act 1983 amended 2007.
Essential Qualification Required

  • Professional social work qualification and being Social Work England registered is essential.
Additional information to note

  • Working hours: 37 hours per week
  • A full driving licence is essential.
  • The role requires an enhanced DBS.


Requirements

Requirements
  • Professional social work qualification and being Social Work England registered
  • Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
  • Experience of supervision of staff
  • Experience of managing a complex caseload
  • Familiarity with the Mental Health Act 1983 amended 2007
  • Full driving licence
  • Enhanced DBS