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Social Care Worker (Young Asylum Seeker Team)

Ref no:
GLA12748
Published:
25/10/2024
Closes:
10/11/2024
Location:
GCHSCP Young Asylum Seeker Team 79 Coplaw Street Glasgow, G42 7JG
Salary:
£35,814.37 - £41,556.84 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Job Description

Glasgow City Council's Young Asylum Seekers team provides a social work service to all unaccompanied young people who arrive in Glasgow.
 
Young people arrive on an unplanned basis and require immediate assessment of need and suitable accommodation sourced. They are often trafficked into the UK and may experience trauma and poor mental health as a result. Young people arrive with limited English and a considerable amount of work is carried out via online translation and interpreters. Young people also provided with  support to claim asylum.
 
The post involves assessing and supporting young people on arrival, establishing them in appropriate accommodation addressing their immediate practical needs. Thereafter, young people are supported in relation to continuing care and aftercare.  The post holder will also undertake age assessments where doubts exist about the age of young people presenting for support (appropriate training will be provided for this). Unaccompanied asylum seekers obtain immediate looked after status and require care planning under LAAC procedures. They are entitled to continuing and after care support and the successful candidate will undertake all the associated care planning tasks.
 
For further information on the post please email Laura Bouch -  Laura.Bouch@sw.glasgow.gov.uk or Joanne Garrett - Joanne.Garrett@glasgow.gov.uk to arrange to arrange this.
 
Please note interviews will be taking place on 26th and 27th November. 

Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Checks.

These posts are excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended).

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For more information on Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (GCC) please visit the following websites:

GCC Website and GCC Conditions of Service

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see Job evaluation - Glasgow City Council

Application Packs

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.

Further Information

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

GCC Job Evaluation 

 

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