Throughcare and Aftercare Social worker

Job Description

CF Children, Education and Justice Services

Social Worker – Throughcare and Aftercare
249 High Street, Edinburgh

Salary: £36,312 - £42,717
Hours: 36 per week

This post is working within a hybrid model (in the office, at home and in the community).

We are looking for an enthusiastic social work practitioner to join our Throughcare and Aftercare Team (TcAc), to work with Looked After and formerly Looked After young people aged 16 to 25. We are a multi-disciplinary team undertaking the CEC’s ongoing statutory responsibility to offer support, advice and guidance to this cohort of young people, and assisting them to make successful transitions as they leave care and beyond.

You will be responsible for holding a caseload including complex cases involving Adult Support and Protection, undertaking Pathway Assessment, Plans and Reviews, and delivering interventions accordingly. Other tasks include reviewing Continuing Care placements, contributing to the provision of our Duty system and Group Work programme, and to participate in the evaluation and development of TcAc services.

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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