Senior Social Worker

£44,075 - £46,142 a year | Temporary (maternity)

Reference: 25-30254

Job title:

Senior Social Worker
Directorate:
Children and Supporting Families
Service:
Children Referral Team
Closing date: 18/02/2026 10:00
Job type/

Hours:

Temporary (maternity)
Salary: £44,075 - £46,142 a year
Pay Scale: PS3
Location(s):
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Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on the Information Pack. Gwynedd Council operates internally through 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 Stephanie Dabernig on or Stephanie Dabernigw.cymru. Interview date to be confirmed. Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Tel: E-Mail:
Swyddiw.cymru
Closing date: 10:00 AM, 18/02/2026
The 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.

• Essential Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Essential Balanced and mature personality.
• Essential The ability to lead others.
• Essential A clear commitment to social work values when working in partnership with young people and their families.
• Essential Interest and knowledge of professional development and the desire to teach others.
• Desirable Qualifications and relevant training: S.W./CQSW Post-qualifying experience. Every social worker (or anyone who describes himself/herself as a social worker) must be registered with the Care Council for Wales. Gwynedd Council will refund the annual registration fee to the worker.
• Desirable Gained a Learning to Practice Award, PQI or full PQ managerial qualification award.

• Essential Experience of supporting colleagues / students in the workplace.
• Essential Wide experience of working within the children's service.
• Essential Extensive experience of joint working with a range of partnership agencies.
• Essential Experience of working with complex cases, taking and sharing responsibility.
• Desirable Experience of working in services for disabled and/or ill children.
• Desirable Experience of working in other service areas.
• Desirable Experience of working in other agencies.

• Essential Thorough knowledge about the growth and development of children.
• Essential Knowledge about the needs of disabled children and children who are ill.
• Essential Information about parenting skills and the impact of loss.
• Essential Robust knowledge of the legal background that is the foundation of social services for disabled children and children who are ill.
• Full driving licence.
• Essential I.T. skills.
• Desirable Listening and Speaking - Higher.
• able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.
• able to give a prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.
• Desirable Reading and Understanding - Higher.
• able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.
• able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.
• Desirable Writing – Higher.
• present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and…