Job Description
Post Title: Social Worker (Family Team)
Location: Alness
Hours: 35 Hours Per Week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £42, - £46, p.a.
Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Contact Person: Katie McMillan Tel:
Job Purpose: Provide a Social Work Service to children, families and other carers. This will include services to looked after children and those on the Child Protection Register. Provide such services as required as a member of a local Family Team, in the context of the Highland Practice Model. The Family Team is multi-disciplinary and
provides universal and additional health, social care and child protection services
Contribute to risk management & public protection.
Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
Requirements
Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council on the ‘Social
Worker’ part of the Register and as such hold a qualification that is
recognised by the SSSC as being equivalent to the Diploma in Social Work
(DipSW).
You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the Service.