Please log into your MySelf account for further instructions on how to apply as an internal candidate. Fusion Assets, NLP LLP An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practice Learning Officer to join the Talent and Organisational Development Team. This post will play a key role working within the Student Social Work Hub and you will be joining a team that is highly motivated and committed to the development of our student Social Workers. The Student Social Work Hub works with Universities across Scotland to provide placement opportunities for Social Work students in their third and fourth years of study. The Hub fully supports them in a variety of placements across the Social Work service to ensure they receive a meaningful and supportive experience. The Hub will also manage our new Trainee Social Worker scheme in conjunction with the Open University which aims to grow our own pipeline of Social Workers for the future. As a Practice Learning Officer, you will be involved with the development, delivery, and evaluation of a wide range of learning and development activities for student Social Workers and Newly Qualified Social workers across the Health & Social Care Partnership and Education, Families and Justice services. Furthermore, it is our job to ensure that the standards in Social Work education are met and to ensure that we are the gatekeepers of our Social Work profession. To be eligible to apply for this post, you will require a degree in Social Work and a qualification in Practice Learning which is approved by the Scottish Social Services Council. You will have significant relevant experience of working as a fully qualified Social Worker and a Practice Teacher or Educator. For more information, please contact Pauline McCafferty, Leader, and Talent Development Manager at mccaffertypa@northlan.Monday - Thursday: 08:45am - 16:45pm We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career. For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy. For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151. The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: