Social Work Trainee (Fixed Term)

37 hours per weekFixed Term up to August 2028Bridgend County Borough Council is opening its social work trainee programme for academic entry 2026. As a social work trainee you will undertake a structured programme of work-based learning, underpinned by the completion of a Social Work Postgraduate Diploma at Cardiff University.As a social work trainee you will work with children, adults and their carers to focus on what matters to them and promote their well-being. This will involve working effectively with social workers, professionals and other relevant people to understand an individual''s needs, capacity, resources and the outcomes they need to achieve, and then to identify how they can best be supported.You will receive a full salary whilst undertaking the social work course at Cardiff University. Upon successfully completing the programme you will be appointed to a social work position. In return, we ask that you remain with the Authority for 2 years after achieving the award.You will need to fulfil the Cardiff University Social Work Postgraduate Diploma eligibility requirements which include holding a recognised 2:2 honours degree in any subject, or an equivalent international degree, suitable evidence of Welsh / English Language ability, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK and evidence that you have relevant social care experience. There is no specific number of hours that you need to have achieved. Relevant experience can come from personal, voluntary, ..... full job details .....