Senior Practitioner (Children's Services)

Job Description

CF Children, Education and Justice Services

Senior Practitioner (Children's Services) - fixed term for 6 months
Waverley Court

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

The Council recognises the need to establish a clearer, more comprehensive remit for the role of the Senior Practitioner within Children's Services and formalise its acknowledgement of the key, ongoing contribution of the role to the improvement of social work service delivery by experienced social workers who have reached the required stage of personal and professional development.

The primary purpose of the Senior Practitioner role is to undertake direct/indirect work with service users, carers, and adopters, particularly where the demands of complex problems require advanced social work practice skills.

The role also has a key part to play in raising standards of social work practice through the application and sharing of advanced knowledge, skills and experience within the wider service area and the Council as a whole.

Whilst the Senior Practitioner job description is generic and provides for the full range of major tasks and job activities at this advanced level of social work practice across all service areas, the actual mix of tasks and activities of any individual Senior Practitioner post will depend on the objectives and nature of the service area specialism.

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, and 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 our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re 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 way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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