Assistant Practitioner (Social Work)

Angus Council; Arbroath; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Scotland is seeking an Assistant Practitioner for their Under 65s Community Mental Health Service. This full-time role involves assessing and supporting carers while collaborating with mental health professionals to ensure high-quality, person-centered care. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to social work values. Flexible working options are available.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Commitment to community care principles and social work values.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored support, advice, and guidance to carers.
• Promote carer involvement in care planning.
• Work closely with a range of professionals to deliver integrated care.
• Contribute to training initiatives and service improvement.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Community care principles

Job description

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 3 - Flexi

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations including working from council buildings and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Angus Health and Social Care Partnership is offering an exciting opportunity to join our integrated Under 65s Community Mental Health Service as an Assistant Practitioner.

Based across both North and South Angus, this full-time role plays a vital part in delivering high-quality, person-centred care. You'll be at the heart of a multidisciplinary team that includes mental health nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists, support workers, and psychiatrists—working together to provide holistic support for individuals and their carers.

Your primary focus will be to assess and support carers, ensuring their voices are heard and their needs are met. You'll champion the Triangle of Care approach, encouraging meaningful collaboration between service users, carers, and professionals.

In this role, you will:

• Provide tailored support, advice, and guidance to carers
• Promote carer involvement in care planning
• Work closely with a range of professionals to deliver integrated, compassionate care
• Contribute to training initiatives and continuous service improvement
• Contribute to Angus Health and Social Care Partnership delivering its legal responsibilities around Carer Support and Self-Directed Support

We’re looking for someone who brings strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively across agencies. You’ll need to demonstrate a commitment to community care principles and social work values as well as an integrated approach to care.

This is a challenging, exciting, and rewarding role which offers the right candidate the opportunity to further develop a triangle of care approach within the community mental health team, improving outcomes for carers.

You will joining a supportive team and will be provided with a period of induction and ongoing support from the Social Work Team Manager and Senior Practitioners. You will have access to flexible working and elements of home working is available.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.