Social Worker

Job Description

Based at Whitehills Health & Community Care Centre, Station Road, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 3 - Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

We are currently recruiting for an inspiring social worker to join Angus Health and Social Care Partnership. We are looking for someone who shares in our ambitions and is committed to ensuring that service users receive enhanced standards of care and support.

You must have knowledge and experience of social work services and demonstrate you have the skills and knowledge to be able to make decisions which support our policy framework, standards and service objectives. 

Last year saw the creation of the Angus Hospital Discharge Team which consists of Social Workers / Care Managers and Home Care Assessors. Due to the success of the team, we are now looking to recruit further social workers.

The team covers the whole of Angus, covering Arbroath Infirmary (ARI), Whitehill's Community Care Centre (WHCCC), Royal Victoria and Ninewells Hospitals supporting Angus residents. As part of the team, you will become an integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) in these hospitals working very closely with the MDT to aid people to leave hospital safely, and by their Planned Date of Discharge (PDD). 

You will continue to work with people, families, and carers post discharge and ensure safe transfer to a locality teams. This busy team works dynamically to established timescales managing often complex cases. You will ensure robust delivery of practice mainly in relation to statutory and AHSCP policy requirements of Adult Support and Protection, Adults with Incapacity, and Self-Directed Support legislation across the service.

You will work in conjunction with local multi-agency arrangements to promote the achievement of positive outcomes for service users. Actively demonstrate, promote and uphold social work values and deliver fair and evidence-based decision making.

If you want to know more about this fantastic opportunity, please contact Andrew Harrison on 07721 141 326 for an informal discussion.

Please note interviews will be held week commencing 18 November 2024.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.