Employee benefits

We recognise the importance of rewarding our employees for their hard work in supporting our residents and communities. We offer a great range of benefits and support to our employees to help them thrive in their career.

What can you expect if you come to work in Adult Services in Powys

Competitive Pay

We offer competitive rates of pay and full salary information for individual roles are shown on our job descriptions.  For further information please contact recruitment@powys.gov.uk

Induction

We have a comprehensive induction programme to support new members of staff into their roles.

Supervision and Appraisals

All staff receive regular supervision and an annual appraisal as well as ongoing support as required from their manager.

Mentoring

We have supported a number of staff to undertake mentor training in conjunction with Social Care Wales to provide additional support to our teams whilst fostering a culture of continuous learning in a safe environment.  As part of their role, our mentors work closely with our senior managers to develop and improve our services.  To support caseworkers further in their implementation of strengths-based practice, we have developed a library of exemplars.

Peer Reflection

We support our social workers via team reflective sessions, enabling them to reflect on their practice and ongoing continuing professional development whilst also sharing learning. 

Training and Development

If you are looking for an organisation to progress in your career then Powys is the place for you. We invest in all employees to make sure that they have the right skills, training and experiences to provide a first-class service to the residents of Powys. We have a training and development programme comprehensive learning and development programme to support all staff in professional development.

We support a "grow your own" ethos and annually put forward candidates to undertake the Social Work degree training. However, our "grow your own" ethos is wider than social work and Occupational Therapy and we have seen staff progress to a variety of promoted roles including up to senior manager level.

We support our employees to keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date and to continually strive for improvement.

Newly Qualified Social Workers

To provide a robust support package to our Newly Qualified Social Workers we have implemented and strengthened the national First Three Years in Practice Framework.  We have developed new Practice Guidance, which includes the following key areas:

• A longer more robust induction period with extended shadowing opportunities in order to build networks and knowledge of local services and teams.
• Facilitated monthly support groups for all Newly Qualified Social Workers.
• Incremental guidance on the workload and complexity of the workload.
• Regular mentoring and supervision
• A day each month in your first year of practice to work on your own personal development and portfolio of practice.
• Regular developmental reviews with the workforce development team.

Health and Care Academy

We have worked in collaboration with our partners to develop a Health and Care Academy in Powys which offers face-to-face and digital enabled learning opportunities.  The Powys Health and Care Academy is part of a Wales-wide response to increasing access to education and training across the health and care sector and is being further developed with the intention that it will be the core provider in the county by 2027.

Engagement

Our staff have opportunities to put forward their innovative ideas for improvement, provide feedback and identify good news stories.  The Director of Social Services has created an employee representative group which staff are encouraged to join, this meeting is attended by the Director of Social Services, Heads of Service and Senior Managers and there is no topic "off limits".