Social Worker - 21 Posts

Job Description

Glasgow is a thriving and vibrant city and excellent opportunities exist to join us and contribute towards helping all our neighbourhoods flourish. The Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP) is on a journey to radically change the way in which Social Work delivers support and services.

We are looking for qualified Social Workers who are committed to making a real difference to the lives of people.

We have vacancies across a number of our services within Criminal Justice areas.

Justice Services:-

This job offers a crucial role in safeguarding communities and reducing offending within the community. Working with often very vulnerable individuals with complex needs, we require to work effectively across the Glasgow Health & Social Care Partnership in order to secure better and positive outcomes for individuals subject to statutory orders.

We work with a broad range of partners within justice services including Police Scotland, Court, Health and voluntary services with the aim being to promote and engage clients in effective offence focused work, preventative and recovery supports and early interventions to reduce the risk of re-offending.

Tomorrow’s Women Glasgow:

Tomorrows Women Glasgow is a multi-agency project for women involved in the Criminal Justice System. The service operates a “one stop shop” where the main aims are:

 To support women to reduce further offending

 To support women to complete statutory orders

 To support women to address issues that prevent desistance

 To increase women’s confidence to believe change is possible

 To help women develop resilience and build on strengths

 To empower women to meet their own needs

 To enable women to access local community resources

The team consists of social work staff and mental health nurses with clinical supervision and reflective practice supported by a clinical psychologist. The service offers assertive outreach, individual support, several group work programmes, clothes, food and toiletries bank, daily drop in, daily duty system, prison throughcare support. The QSW role within the team manages a caseload of women who are open to the TWG service as well as offering support to the wider Justice teams in terms of completing Justice SW Reports for Courts. In addition, the posts would be expected to manage women who have been made subject to statutory orders via the Glasgow Women’s Problem Solving Court, undertaking assessment and case management tasks, and attending and presenting in Court.

Structured Deferred Sentence (SDS) Team – Youth Court / Alcohol Court:

The Social Work role in the SDS team involves delivering a statutory service in relation to the management of Structured Deferred Sentences. Within Glasgow Justice Services we support a number of problem solving Courts within Glasgow Sheriff Court that utilise SDS as a key sentencing option, including the Alcohol & Youth Courts. The above posts would sit across these problem solving teams dependent on demand / need in relation to caseloads etc. Critical to the posts is ensuring comprehensive risk assessment and risk management planning, reviewing of cases to mitigate public protection risks and reduce reoffending rates, and an assessment of needs with clear support plans put in place to address these issues. Criminal Justice staff also have a statutory function in relation to the provision of Court reports with demand increasingly high and with short timescales for these to be provided. SDS staff also have a presence within the problem solving Courts and are asked to present their assessments / reports on a regular basis to support decision making.

 

A central function of this role is also to meet key performance indicators relating to service provision which are reported on to the IJB and Scottish Government on a quarterly basis.

Court Social Work Team:

Justice SWS provides a Court based social work service to Glasgow Sheriff Court each day with the Court QSW Post being critical to the day to day operational running of the Court service. Court social work consists of qualified social workers who carry out a range of tasks within the Court. These include stand down reports (when requested), welfare assessments / checks with vulnerable clients who are being transferred to custody, liaison with Sheriffs as and when required and supporting other vulnerable clients with a range of issues as they are being dealt with by the Courts. Court SW staff will check the daily custody list for clients who have additional needs / vulnerabilities and offer support and assistance as required. The Court SW Team operate on all days when the Court is in session, including any weekend or public holidays as require

Caledonian:

The Caledonian system is an integrated approach to address men's domestic abuse and to improve the lives of women, children and men.

The primary aim of the Caledonian System is to reduce the re-offending of men convicted of domestic abuse related offences, thereby increasing women’s and children’s safety. This is in line with the Scottish Government three-fold intended outcomes for community-based interventions: public protection, reduction of custody and social inclusion of rehabilitated offenders. Working with men, women, young people and children contributes to reducing the likelihood of men re-offending while also maximising public protection.

It is expected that all interested staff will have experience of working with perpetrators of domestic abuse with a clear knowledge base in relation to the cultural, societal and gender related aspects of domestic abuse as well as understanding the principles of effective practice with men who abuse.

Staff within the team will be expected to facilitate groupwork on a regular basis (a min of once per week) which will require working beyond 8pm. Whilst the team will be centrally located, this will be a citywide service so there is an expectation that staff would utilise offices across the HSCP to interview and meet with service users.

We are seeking energetic, talented, resilient and committed Social Workers to secure these outcomes. You will have sound knowledge of assessment and care management; have practiced extensively under the relevant legislation; and work in a person centred manner which will be fully embedded in your practice. You will be confident in managing risk and looking for innovative ways to promote independence and link people into the local community.

We have a large range of services that require to work effectively together, we work in full partnership with our health colleagues and a broad range of partners and we have a key priority in relation to shifting the balance of care across both service areas and promoting more effective early intervention and preventative supports.

Applicants must possess a Degree / Diploma in Social Work (or Social Work equivalent). Attached to this advert is the Person Specification which details the qualifications, skills, knowledge and competencies that are required for this post.

Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment along with SSSC Registration. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Check Please note as part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are currently not required to pay SSSC fees.

Registration to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is an essential requirement for this role. You must either be already registered or have applied within 3 months and be registered within 6 months from your start date.

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