Purpose of the post
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
•To work with children in line with the expectations of the Childrens Act 1998, Wales Safeguarding Procedures , Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 & Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families
Responsibility for functions
•Budget – Provide advice and practical and appropriate guidance to individuals receiving services and facilitating effective financial management for the service
•Equipment – Responsible for any equipment including specialist equipment required to undertake the role
Main duties
•Practice within the relevant legislative frameworks and guidance that underpin the provision of social services in Wales
•Apply the Code of Professional Practice as a registered professional
•Maintain up to date knowledge and maintain own professional development. Support colleagues with their development through mentoring.
•Develop social work practice through supervision and reflection. Support colleagues at different points in their career with ongoing reflection through individual or group reflective practice activity
•Manage and be accountable for your own work
•Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary and multi organisational teams, networks, and systems. Advising colleagues on complex areas of work.
•Exercise professional judgement and decision making in complex situations.
•Support colleagues at different points in their career to develop confidence around professional judgments.
•Manage complex ethical issues, dilemmas and conflicts in complex situations.
•Support social workers at different stages of their careers with managing more complex issues.
•Prepare and present professional reports and records ensuring information is correct, consistent, and shared safely and appropriately. Support social workers at different stages of their career with developing their report writing and record keeping skills .
•Support people to participate in decision making processes
•Advocate with and on behalf of, individuals, families, carers, groups and communities
•Work collaboratively with people in need of care and support, their carers and other professionals in complex situations , supporting support colleagues with advice and guidance at different stages in their career.
•Undertake strength-based assessments and practice in a way that promotes self-determination, independence and empowerment and support colleagues with advice and guidance at different stages in their career. Support social workers at different points in their career around this area of work.
•Undertake outcome focussed assessment using a ‘What Matters ‘conversation to identify what is important to that individual, eligible needs and to develop outcome focussed plans that facilitate care and support.
•Prepare, produce, implement, and evaluate plans with individuals, families, carers, groups, communities, and professional colleagues. Support social workers at different points in their career around this area of work.
•Identify, assess and investigate an Adult or Child at risk in accordance with relevant legislation and the Wales Safeguarding Procedures. Support social workers at different points in their careers with developing their skills and decision making around working in safeguarding.
•Be a role model and share good practice , advice and support to enable team colleagues, less experiences social workers to develop their careers. This will include mentoring, co-working on cases and supporting the services quality assurance be auditing and sampling files and practice and advising social worker colleagues on specialist areas of work .
Local Duties
•In accordance with skills and experience, in order to deal with cases that are more complex in their nature, including some where children are at risk. To take part in court cases, including providing evidence and preparing reports.
•To be part of the team and regional office's duty system as necessary.
•offer services to individual clients, families and the community in accordance with a varied legal framework for acts that are relevant to children's well-being, including child protection and assessment of children in need.
•Assess the need and provide support to families in need. This means coordinating the work of workers from other agencies, by using the department's resources and the community in a flexible way.
•To work in a way that promotes the well-being of children who are in care to the County Council.
•Help co-workers to carry out their duties. Occasionally, there will be a need to work with other workers in the other teams/agencies, as well as cover the work of absent co-workers.
•In exceptional circumstances, to undertake responsibilities in order to respond to an emergency situation.
•Any reasonable duty or responsibility as needed by the head of service.
•To complete the necessary administrative guidelines/requirements in accordance with guidelines, policies and practice.
Additional Duties
•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 concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
•Working unsocial hours occasionally as required.
•There will be an expectation for the post holder to be part of any arrangements that are established on a rota basis.
