Job Description
CF Children, Education and Justice Services
Justice Social Worker – Justice Practice Team - Fixed term until 31/3/
Grindlay Street Court Social Work Centre
Salary: £36, - £42, per year
Hours: 36 per week
Edinburgh Justice Services are committed to providing high quality services and ensuring a compassionate approach to people who use our services, and to supporting staff wellbeing. We offer a high level of training to support continuous professional development and to deliver a broad range of interventions, including established, accredited, group work programmes. We are proud of our innovative practice and are implementing Trauma Informed Care (in line with the National Education for Scotland National Trauma Training Programme), Safe & Together™and Restorative Justice practice models and interventions across our services, and are establishing a Women’s Centre, in partnership with NHS Lothian, to reduce barriers and meet the needs of women involved in the justice system.
We are seeking social workers to join our dedicated, professional, and supportive teams undertaking a wide range of tasks including (but not limited to):
1. Assessment and report writing
2. Supervising and responding to service users in the community and in custody
3. Contributing to multi agency risk and safety planning and management
Candidates should demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, an understanding of National Outcomes and Standards and public protection, be willing to work in a dynamic environment and to contribute to an inclusive culture that values and respects diversity and lived experience.
Candidates will have a degree in Social Work and be registered, or eligible to register, with the SSSC.
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