Senior Social Worker (RE-1850)

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is seeking a Senior Social Worker within the Family Support Team. The role supervises and supports social workers to ensure safeguarding and CLA procedures are followed, with complex cases the senior handles and contributes to team development.

You must provide evidence of all essential qualifications; Welsh language ability is desirable. Rigorous pre-employment checks are part of the recruitment process, and confidentiality policies must be followed.

Qualifications

• Completion of 10 hour online Welsh Work course
• Essential: You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential
• Ability to speak Welsh is desirable and may be a plus for the role

Responsibilities

• Senior Social Worker supervision and support of social workers within the Family Support Team to ensure safeguarding and CLA procedures are carried out
• Take responsibility for supervising some complex cases and contribute to the development of the team’s skills and knowledge on a day-to-day basis

Job description

The Family Support Team's carry out statutory safeguarding duties, and the senior social worker's role is essential in supervising and supporting the social workers within the team to ensure that statutory duties are carried out and that children who are subject to safeguarding and CLA procedures and their families have appropriate planning and support to promote their welfare. The senior social worker also holds some complex cases and contributes to the development of the skills and knowledge of the team on a day-to-day basis.

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

no later than 03.12.2026 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.

Essential (You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential)Completion of 10 hour online Welsh Work course