Social Worker - Central Clinic

Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Social Worker
Central Clinic

Salary: £36,312 - £42,717 (pro-rata for part time)
Hours: 18 per week

This new and exciting service is looking for a knowledgeable and enthusiastic part time social worker. The person must be able to work with people in times of crisis who are looking for support through recovery. This will be short term work with people to encourage them into services who can support them long term. The social worker will be working as part of a multiagency team to complete statutory assessment including adult support and protection as necessary.

The successful candidate will need to have knowledge of recovery models and services as well as experience of working under challenging circumstances with a complex group of individuals.

The post will be based at Spittal Street Clinic but the candidate will be expected to work to CEC Lone working policy with some appointments/visits being community or the service users home based.

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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