Senior Social Worker - North East Hub

Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Senior Social Worker - Fixed Term for 2 Years
North East Hub

Salary: £42,717 - £50,550
Hours: 36 per week

We are looking for a Senior Social worker to join our friendly supportive team in the North East Locality. You will lead and manage a team of social workers and community care assistants to support assessment and care management statutory responsibilities, including supporting people with hospital discharge. You will work closely with other Senior Social workers and Senior Occupational Therapy colleagues to screen, prioritise and allocate work. You will also provide oversight and professional leadership for staff delivering statutory duties under Adult and Support and Protection, and Adults with Incapacity legislation.

You will have excellent organisational skills and be a clear and effective communicator. Previous experience of working in a community setting and an understanding of the legal frameworks and the Local authorities statutory responsibilities relevant to Social work are essential.

The North East Locality is a diverse area supporting people living in Leith, Portobello, Craigintinny, Lochend, Marionville, Willowbrae , Craigmillar and Niddrie . This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to develop our three conversations approach and move to hybrid working.

Please see the job description and person specification for more details.

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.

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.

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.

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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