Children with Disabilities Team Social Worker Cardiff

 Social Worker – Children with Disabilities (CHAD Team) 
 Cardiff County Council – (Agile Working)
Initial 3-Month Contract
Full Time | Monday – Friday
Hybrid working – home, agile & office-based

Ready to make a real difference for children with additional needs and their families?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Social Worker to join the Child Health & Disability (CHAD) Team in Cardiff. This is a fantastic team that works in true partnership with families and professionals, delivering strengths-based practice and meaningful outcomes for children with complex needs.

If you thrive in a multi-agency environment and are confident working across safeguarding, care planning and court work – this could be your next contract.

The Role

You will be:

• Working alongside a multi-agency team of professionals in partnership with families

• Using the Signs of Safety approach to underpin your practice

• Completing Wellbeing Assessments

• Undertaking Child Protection enquiries

• Developing and reviewing Care & Support Plans

• Supporting families within a multi-agency framework

• Attending Child Protection Conferences, CLA Reviews and Court (where required)

• Providing specialist advice across wider Children’s Services in respect of children with additional needs

• Participating in the team duty rota and regular team meetings

• Producing high-quality written and verbal work

• Offering peer support to Newly Qualified Social Workers

The team operates a flexible, hybrid model – a mix of home working, agile visits and office presence at County Hall.

What You’ll Need

• Degree or Masters in Social Work (or equivalent)

• Experience within a Child Health & Disability Team

• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Minimum 6 months’ UK experience as a registered Social Worker

• Registration with Social Care Wales or Social Work England

• Enhanced DBS (on the Update Service or willing to apply)

• 3 years of referencing

• Full driving licence and access to a car

⚠️ Due to the nature of the role, only qualified Social Workers registered with Social Care Wales or Social Work England can be considered. No sponsorship available.

💛 Why Work With Hoop Social Work?

At Hoop, we’ve been supporting Social Workers across Wales and the South West for over 20 years – and we genuinely care about doing recruitment differently.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Your local agency based right here in Cardiff

• Welsh-speaking consultant available if you’d like to converse in Welsh

• PAYE or Umbrella payroll – your choice

• Dedicated point of contact (with support cover when on leave)

• Twice weekly payroll

• Free CPD training sessions

• Refer-a-friend scheme

• Wellbeing sessions

• Birthday gifts 🎂

We actively supply every Local Authority across South/West Wales and the South West of England – so even if this one isn’t quite right, we’ll have something that is.

📞 For an informal chat, contact Sarah Leigh at Hoop Social Work on 02922 400519 today.

If you’re looking for your next contract where you can truly make an impact in a specialist team – let’s talk.