Support Worker x2

Llyw; Caernarfon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Gwynedd Council is recruiting for a Children and Families post based in Caernarfon. The role focuses on safeguarding and supporting children and families within the community, following All Wales procedures.

The post requires Welsh or bilingual communication as part of essential language skills. You will work as part of the Children and Families Team, engaging with parents and carers, producing social work reports, attending meetings, and contributing to care planning and safeguarding outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children and families.
• 2 GCSEs/O level or equivalent.
• Basic social care course.
• Recognised qualification in child care e.g. NVQ.
• Welsh language reading/writing ability or bilingual competence.

Responsibilities

• Support Children and Families in the Community.
• Promote and enable children and families to live independently within the community.
• Promote children to reach their full potential and ensure their welfare and protection.
• Work in partnership with parents when a child becomes looked after by the authority.
• Prepare detailed reports on contact with children for the social work file.
• Attend team meetings and receive regular supervision.
• Follow All Wales Child Protection Procedures and related frameworks.

Skills

Non-discriminatory practice

Teamwork

Communication skills

Meeting participation

Welsh language ability

Education

2 GCSEs/O level or equivalent

Basic social care course

NVQ in child care

Job description

Job Advertisement

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please. Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually. (Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)For further information about this post please contact Kevin Parry on 01286 678590Interview date to be confirmed.Application forms are available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SHTel: 01286 679076E-Mail: [e-mail] DATE: 25/11/2026The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly. Recruitment Pack Children and Supporting Families.pdf

Personal attributesEssentialAbility to work in a non discriminating manner.Ability to participate in discussions and meetingsDesirable-Qualifications and relevant trainingEssential2 GCSE’s/O level or equivalentDesirableBasic social care course.Recognised qualification in child care e.g. NVQRelevant experienceEssentialExperience of working with children and families.Desirable-Skills and specialist knowledgeEssentialAbility to work as part of a team.Ability to communicate to a good standard, both verbally and in writing.Basic knowledge of child development.DesirableBasic knowledge of developing parenting skillsBasic knowledge of dealing with challenging behaviour.Language requirementsEssentialListening and Speaking - Intermediate LevelAble to maintain a fluent conversation on a number of various everyday subjects, and discuss cases involving the field of work.Able to follow a discussion in Welsh, in Clear Welsh, on familiar matters relating to the post. Able to contribute to the conversation and answer questions.Reading and Understanding - Intermediate LevelUnderstand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).Writing - Intermediate LevelAble to write letters for a specific purpose, e-mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases that are familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).

Job Description

Purpose of the post

• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
• To Support Children and Families in the CommunityResponsibility for functions
• Finance towards children’s activities within an agreed budget. Equipment as needed to carry children in vehicles.

Main duties

• Work in accordance with the All Wales Child Protection Procedures and the Framework for Assessment of Children in need and their families as a member of the Children and Families Team, including the Looked after Children’s Team.
• Promote and enable children and families to live independently within the community.
• Promote and enable children to reach their full potential, in a way that promotes their welfare, health development and protection.
• Promote personal choice, enable children and their families to make meaningful decisions and put children and their families in control of any decisions that effect them.
• Ensure that the service responds to the needs of the child.
• Ensure consistency in provision, and acknowledge the importance of the relationship between children, family and provider.
• Assist and support families to continue looking after their children.
• To work in partnership with parents when a child becomes looked after by the authority in order to return the child home early into the care episode.
• Reduce the risk for children and their families by working as part of a multi agency protection plan.
• Provide a supervised contact service for children who are looked after and their families as part of a Care Plan.
• Prepare detailed reports on contact with children to be included in the child’s social work file.
• Attend team meetings and any other meetings deemed appropriate by the Resource Manager.
• Receive regular supervision.
• Become familiar with Council policies, procedures and guidelines regarding good practice and matter relating to Health and Safety.
• Attend training courses as directed.
• Undertake any task which is reasonable and in accordance with the post and which will support the welfare and development of the child
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused

Special circumstances

• To work flexible hours and to be available evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays as required.(Working week is 37 hours over a 5 days).