Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package. For more information please click on the Information Pack.
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.)
Purpose of Post
Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.
Main Duties
- Responsibility for administration of the Team's county budget, through processing orders, invoices and financial matters for the team.
- To be responsible for supportive services (Trainer Flats etc) to meet the needs identified by 16+ workers within the team.
- To support young people who are going on to further education, including funding and accommodation applications.
- To be responsible for the implementation of the St Davids Day Grant and the maintenance of a database/spreadsheet of applications and provide update reports when requested.
- Contribute to the task of data collection, including leaving care data, to monitor and review services, including establishment of a database to create national databases and links.
- Assess the needs of young people who are in the process of or have left care, in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements.
- Provide services to young people in care or leaving care, and for young people 16 and 17 in need.
- Perform joint duties such as establishing plans, monitoring and reviewing them to meet needs.
- Contribute to the development of new services for young people aged 16 and over and their families.
- Assessment and support of Asylum Seekers allocated by the Detention Office through the 'NTS'.
- Undertake strength-based assessments and practise in a way that promotes self-determination, independence and empowerment under the supervision of a registered social worker.
- Identify an Adult or Child who is at risk in accordance with the relevant legislation and Wales Safeguarding Procedures and report appropriately.
- Undertake the relevant level 4 qualification as noted in the SCW Qualification Framework and other level 3 and 4 programmes as required.
The post holder will also practise within the regulatory frameworks and relevant guidelines for social services provision in Wales, take an active part in regular reflective supervision, maintain their own professional development, and undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary and responsibility level of the post.
For further information about this post please contact David Owen on 01286 682727 or via e-mail.