Overview
Social Worker Review (Project) Team / City Wide
Salary: £39,129 - £46,023 (for social work qualification - MHO and Practice Educator qualifications attract an additional salary supplement)
Hours: 36 per week
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity to work within the Review (Project Team) – a city-wide reviewing team, a fast-paced and dynamic service that works with individuals who experience complex additional support needs to review their support packages and fulfil statutory responsibilities. You will work as part of a small multidisciplinary team of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Community Care Assistants.
Social Workers determine personal outcomes through a person-centred approach. We are looking to welcome an enthusiastic Social Worker with a keen interest in reviewing adults with varying abilities/health/physical disabilities/learning disabilities and mental health.
Edinburgh is an exciting city with excellent opportunities to contribute towards helping all our citizens flourish.
About the Service
The Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership is on a journey to transform the way in which Social Work delivers support and services to ensure that we support adults with multiple and complex needs, and increasing levels of frailty, to live as independently as possible.
We work effectively with our health colleagues and a broad range of partners to ensure that the most vulnerable within our city get the right service in the right place at the right time. We have a key priority to shift the balance of care and promote effective early intervention and preventative supports.
About You
We are looking for qualified Social Workers who are committed to making a real difference to people’s lives, who are energetic, imaginative, creative and resilient. Ideally, we are seeking experienced Social Workers who can join our team as council officers.
Trauma-informed, relationships and strengths-based Social Work is at the heart of our practice. Adhering to the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 to provide a range of choices to people for how they are provided with the support they need.
Responsibilities
* Assessments and support planning
* Risk assessment and risk management
* Carers' assessments
* For Social Work roles: duties under the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 and Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will support adults, their families, and carers, to balance the complex areas of risk and need with choice and rights. You will also be able to provide advice, support, guidance and, if necessary, interventions, should an adult be at risk of harm and in need of protection.
You will work in supportive, well-established teams and have regular supervision and training.
Requirements
* Social Work roles (SW / SSW): Degree/diploma or equivalent qualification in Social Work. Must be registered (or in the process of registering) with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work. We recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work for the people of Edinburgh, we want to bring in the best people not just for their skills and experience but also for their approach to work.
We are changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new interviewing approach will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your work.
Further information on Our Behaviours is available on the Our Behaviours page of the City of Edinburgh Council website.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to discuss flexible working.
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