Hybrid Social Worker - Care and Family Support

Powys County Council; Newtown; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS Check

Disability Confident employer scheme

Market supplement premium (Care &

Job summary

Powys County Council is seeking a Social Worker for the Care and Support Team based in Newtown. You will assess and support children and families to promote safety and long-term permanence within a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

The role offers hybrid working with two remote days, a robust induction, and opportunities for professional growth, supervision, and collaboration across services. A DBS check will be required, and a market supplement may apply.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and engagement with families to promote safe outcomes.
• Ability to identify risks to children and respond with proportionate intervention.
• Experience using a strengths-based model of intervention and familiar with safeguarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide a social work service to individual children and young people to keep them safe and achieve permanence.
• Work as part of a team, covering duties on a rotational basis and supporting colleagues.
• Foster good relationships with colleagues and partners to enable effective teamwork.
• Identify risk issues and ensure safeguarding measures are in place to minimise risk.

Skills

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Strengths-based approach

Creativity in engagement

Job description

Powys County Council is seeking a Social Worker for the Care and Support Team based in Newtown. You will assess and support children and families to promote safety and long-term permanence within a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

The role offers hybrid working with two remote days, a robust induction, and opportunities for professional growth, supervision, and collaboration across services. A DBS check will be required, and a market supplement may apply.