Social Worker - Children and Families (Perm/Full Time) - REF:HSCP/80529
- Location:
- The James Watt Building, 105 Dalrymple Street, Greenock, PA15 1HU
- Salary:
- £46,204 - £48,924 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 37 hours per week
Job Description
Social Worker REF: HSCP/ 80529
Salary: Grade 8 £46,204 - £48,924
Location: James Watt Buildings
Hours Per Week: 37 Hours
Join a service that is transforming how children and families receive support.
Inverclyde Children's Services is investing in relationship-based practice, early help and support and workforce development so social workers can focus on what matters most.
As a Social Worker within Children and Families, you will have the opportunity to work directly with children, young people, and their families across a range of statutory responsibilities, including child protection, children who are looked after away from their homes, and permanence planning.
Inverclyde is committed to delivering high-quality, relationship-based, and trauma-informed practice, underpinned by the principles of The Promise. We have introduced Signs of Safety and Healing as our practice framework, supporting strengths-based, collaborative, and transparent work with children, families and partner agencies.
As a Social Worker within the team, you will:
- Use the Signs of Safety approach to inform decision-making and planning.
- Work collaboratively with families and partner agencies to identify risk, strengths and next steps.
- Be supported to thrive as a confident and valued practitioner with a safe and manageable caseload and regular high-quality supervision
For Newly Qualified Social Workers we offer a protected and supported first year in practice in line with SSSC requirements, with dedicated support from Learning and Development Officers, access to regular NQSW forums for peer support and professional development, and an established supported year programme that has been successfully embedded within Inverclyde HSCP for several years.
You will find that Inverclyde is a great place to work. We are small enough to be agile and responsive, with a visible and engaged senior management team, allowing you to make a real difference, while offering strong professional support, development opportunities and contributing to a positive team culture.
If you are due to complete your postgraduate social work qualification, we offer a programme that, subject to criteria, will reimburse your final year tuition fees if you are successful in your application
If this sounds like where you’re meant to be, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity and to learn more about our ambition for the future, contact either Lesley Ellis, Service Manager on 01475 715 270 / Lesley.ellis@inverclyde.gov.uk or Yvonne Lynch on 01475 715 365 / Yvonne.lynch@inverclyde.gov.uk.
The attached recruitment pack includes further information in relation to Inverclyde HSCP, the Person Specification and Job Description which details the qualifications, skills, knowledge and competencies that are required for this post.
Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.
You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council
Important Applicant Information:
- Please read the Essential Applicant Information details prior to submitting your application.
- Please note that if you apply via this website it is important that you regularly check your emails following your application submission. All further communication regarding your application, including any invite to interview and, if relevant, details of any formal offer/contract, will be done by email. You should ensure that your email is set up to receive emails from MYJOBSCOTLAND and Inverclyde Council, and that they are not filtered into any JUNK/SPAM folders.
- Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required. Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information’ above for more information.
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Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we do not hold a sponsorship license.
Vetting by Disclosure Scotland
If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.
Regulatory Bodies
If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC. As part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are no longer required to pay SSSC fees.
Further Assistance
Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at: Human.Resources@inverclyde.gov.uk.
Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists
Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.
Flexible Working
Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.
Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.
