Casual Social Worker

Conwy County Borough Council; Conwy; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government organization in Conwy is seeking a casual social worker to join their Mental Wellness Team. The role involves conducting assessments, providing therapeutic interventions, and offering guidance to service users and their families. The ideal candidate should have strong assessment and therapeutic skills, along with the ability to work autonomously and travel throughout the County. Training and excellent supervisory support will be provided, along with the necessity for a satisfactory DBS check.

Qualifications

• Ability to conduct assessments for mental health support.
• Familiarity with therapeutic interventions and consultation.
• Experience in providing guidance to service users and families.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments for clients with mental health needs.
• Provide therapeutic interventions and professional consultations.
• Guide and support service users with onward referrals.

Skills

Assessment skills

Engagement skills

Therapeutic skills

Professional liaison skills

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Mental Wellness Team in Conwy as a casual worker. The Mental Wellness team is the social work mental health team and we work closely with partners, and other services to provide specialist support and interventions for people experiencing complex needs due to ongoing psychosocial stresses.

The role of the social worker involves conducting assessments; providing therapeutic interventions; consultation to professionals and other frontline staff; providing guidance and advice to service users and their families, including ‘signposting’; supporting onward referral.

This is exciting opportunity for psychologically-minded, non-judgmental social worker who is looking to consolidate and develop their skills, including assessment, engagement, therapeutic and professional liaison skills. The post holder will access training and excellent supervisory support, while also being enabled to work creatively and with a high level of professional autonomy.

It is essential that the post holder has the ability to travel throughout the County on a regular basis, often to and from remote locations at short notice.

Due to the nature of the work, it will be necessary to obtain a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Baring Service (DBS).

Cyflwr (Welsh)

Dyma gyfle cyffrous i weithio o fewn y Tîm Lles Meddyliol newydd yng Nghonwy fel gweithiwr achlysurol.

Rydym yn cydweithio’n agos â phartneriaid a gwasanaethau eraill i ddarparu cymorth arbenigol ac ymyraethau ar gyfer pobl sydd ag anghenion cymhleth oherwydd gwahanol fathau o straen seicolegol.

Mae rôl y gweithiwr cymdeithasol yn cynnwys cynnal asesiadau; darparu ymyriadau therapiwtig; ymgynghori â gweithwyr proffesiynol a staff eraill ar y rheng flaen; cynnig cyngor ac arweiniad i ddefnyddwyr y gwasanaeth a’u teuluoedd, gan gynnwys eu ‘cyfeirio’; cefnogi atgyfeiriadau.

Mae hwn yn gyfle cyffrous i weithiwr cymdeithasol â thuedd seicolegol ac sy’n ddiragfarn, sy’n dymuno cadarnhau a datblygu eu sgiliau, gan gynnwys sgiliau asesu, ymgysylltu, therapiwtig a chyswllt proffesiynol. Bydd deiliad y swydd yn cael hyfforddiant a chymorth goruchwyliol ardderchog ac hefyd yn cael cyfle i weithio’n greadigol gyda llawer o benrhyddid proffesiynol.

Mae’n hanfodol bod deiliad y swydd yn gallu teithio ledled y Sir yn rheolaidd, yn aml i ac o leoliadau anghysbell ar fyr rybudd.

Owingrd natur y gwaith, bydd angen datgeliad boddhaol gan y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd (DBS).