Social Worker (Mental Health)

Job Description

West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership are in a position to offer an exciting new opportunity for both a newly qualified or experienced social worker to join our Community Mental Health Social Work Team.

The service provides social work support to the Community Mental Health Teams in Riverview and Goldenhill Resource Centres, whilst feeding into the wider adult social work service across West Dunbartonshire Council. Staff will be supported to develop their skills and expertise in adult mental health, with the requisite training opportunities being made available within a structured supervision and skills development framework. The social work team is committed to working in a multi disciplinary way with our health colleagues within the CMHT.

Newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will benefit from support both internally as part of a local induction process, and within the context of the SSSC first supported year. In this context, NQSW will be given a range of observational, mentoring and experiential opportunities supporting their critical first year in employment.

In addition we can offer an initial start pending qualification, moving to a social work post on gaining confirmation of your gaining the social work degree.

If you are more experienced, West Dunbartonshire Council offer opportunities within which to progress your career, including leadership and management courses, while actively developing other routes to career progression enabling more experienced practitioners to use their skills and knowledge more creatively across the service.

You would be expected to have a working knowledge of the four legislative frameworks; Mental Health (Scotland) Act (2003), Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act (2001) , Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act (2007) and Self Directed Support (Scotland) Act (2013).

If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please call Julie Brown, Senior Social Worker, on either 01389 812070 or 0141 941 4400.

Requirements

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Children and Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.

Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.

Responsibilities

The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

The Individual

WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:

• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support

Now that you have read the role and what we have to offer, we would love to hear from you. Please use the application to tell us your experience, and why you are the candidate for this role.

For information about West Dunbartonshire Council please click on the following link and see why we are an employer of choice:

http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-for-us/about-us/

More information on the benefits of working within West Dunbartonshire Council, can be found using the following link:

http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-for-us/benefits-of-working-with-us/