Social Worker, Whitburn Partnership Centre, 501.06

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36 hours per week, 52.14 weeks per year, Permanent

As part of the West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), the Care Home Collaborative team is an integrated social care team with social workers, community care coordinators, advanced nurse practitioners, band 6 nurses and a bowel and bladder specialist.  The team completes initial and annual reviews of care and nursing home placements, undertakes care management tasks and has statutory responsibility under Adult Support and Protection and Adults with Incapacity legislation.     

West Lothian is a progressive council and following extensive restructuring and modernisation this post sits within one of the specialist teams which operate alongside a locality-based model for the Health and Social Care Partnership.  The team is fully integrated with health and social work and the post has direct line management responsibility by a social work team manager.  

This is an interesting and challenging opportunity for an enthusiastic person to work with individuals with a range of complex needs. Candidates should ideally have experience of working with various client groups.

The successful candidates will have an ability to work as part of a team, respond to demands of a busy service, be able to follow procedure, have excellent communication and report writing skills.   These tasks will be carried out in partnership with service users, family members, social work colleagues and other professionals and agencies.

The posts require a good understanding of a strengths based, outcome focussed approach to care planning and reviewing.  You will also undertake crisis work and Adult Support & Protection investigations in accordance with service standards.

A professional Social Work qualification is essential. 

The team is based at Whitburn Partnership Centre but work across all 17 care and nursing homes in West Lothian and for West Lothian residents living in homes out with the local authority.

We are keen to employ a diverse workforce that reflects the people of Scotland. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly from groups currently under-represented, including people with disabilities, those from minority ethnic communities or from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds

This position requires registration with the SSSC. The successful candidates will have six months from commencement in this post to register with the SSSC.  If you are already registered with SSSC you will be required to add West Lothian Council to your account.

These posts are considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by West Lothian Council.