37 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Community Network Teams. We work alongside both older and younger adults, who may experience long term challenges around their physical and mental health. Within the networks, we work closely with our health colleagues to enable a holistic assessment to take place, which in turn, enables us to work in partnership to meet personal outcomes. We strive to enable the people of Bridgend to live their lives as they wish to and ensure voice, choice, independence, and control.

We follow a Strengths-Based Outcome-Focused model of practice. Maximising an individual’s emotional wellbeing is seen as key in effective practice in this area. We incorporate the importance of supporting family and carers into our assessment framework to achieve positive outcomes and encourage wider inclusion in the local community.

We are keen to continue to develop innovative approaches to Adult Social Care and Integrated Working. We work closely with GP’s and other partners, including our care home providers to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and care homes whilst maximising independence, and choice. The continued development of this dynamic service model will require work on widening partnership opportunities with statutory partners, the third sector and the community of Bridgend.

We are seeking to recruit a creative, enthusiastic, ambitious Social Work Assistant on a permanent, full-time contract. You will be joining an integrated team which includes Social Work Assistants, Social Workers, District Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Pharmacy and Local Community Co-ordinators. We work closely with our local GP surgeries and third sector partner agencies to assess, support and meet the outcomes of adults impacted by long term, complex, and adverse conditions, as well as their carers and families. Therefore, we are looking for those who are interested in community work and therapeutic intervention. The position will be based in the Integrated Community Network Team (North) in Glanrhyd Hospital. We will offer focussed and committed development opportunities for the successful candidates.

We encourage informal conversations prior to interview.

For further information, please contact: Neil Bowen - .uk (Social Work Team Manager, North Network)

The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

An Enhanced with Adults Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.

Closing Date: 29 April 2026

Shortlisting Date: 04 May 2026

Interview Date: 15 May 2026

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