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Ref no:
EDN26000
Published:
21/11/2023
Closes:
05/12/2023
Location:
The Drumbrae Library Hub 81 Drum Brae Drive Edinburgh, EH4 7FE
Salary:
£42,492 - £50,287 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
36 hours per week
Work From Home:
Hybrid

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Senior Practitioner
Family Based Care

Salary: £42,492 - £50,287 per year
Hours: 36 per week

Senior Practitioner vacancy is within the Adoption Team of Family Based Care. The role is for an experienced practitioner who will be required to contribute to the recruitment, assessment, family finding and support of adopters and adopted person.

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.

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

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