Social Worker

Job Description

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath, covering the Arbroath, Carnoustie and Monifieth area.

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 including working from council buildings and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a supportive and experienced locality service that is committed to relationship-based practice, reflective learning and achieving positive outcomes for children and families. We are looking for enthusiastic practitioners who are passionate about supporting some of the most vulnerable families in our community and are committed to working towards maximising inclusion and reducing inequalities across Angus.

Angus Council is a forward thinking council where we support employees to have an agile workstyle, working between home and your team’s office base. We are happy to discuss a flexible working plan to enable employees to have a working pattern that suits their lifestyle.

You will be supported through regular supervision, opportunities for reflective practice, ongoing professional learning and a strong team culture that values collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

If you think you have the drive and commitment to work in this inspiring and rewarding area of practice and would like more information then please contact Lauren Stewart on 01241 465643 or StewartLC@angus.gov.uk.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

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, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.