Family Based Care Social Worker - (Perm/Full Time) - REF:HSCP/83231

Inverclyde Council; Greenock; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Inverclyde Council is seeking a passionate Social Worker for their Family Based Care Team. The role involves conducting high-quality assessments and supporting families in care settings, ensuring children receive the necessary care. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a small, supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Attractive pension schemes

Health and wellbeing support

Career development

Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with a focus on family-based care.
• Experience in assessing kinship, fostering and adoptive families.
• Registered with a regulatory body such as HCPC or SSSC.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and provide support for foster and adoptive families.
• Recruit new foster carers and prospective adoptive carers.
• Ensure high quality, well-supported family-based care options.

Skills

Assessment skills

Trauma-informed care

Communication

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Location: The James Watt Building 105 Dalrymple Street Greenock, PA15 1HU

Salary: £42,924 - £45,451 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week

Job Description

Social Worker REF: HSCP/ 83231

Location: The James Watt Building, 105 Dalrymple Street, Greenock

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to join our Family Based Care Team.

The Family Based Care Team has a key role in ensuring that Inverclyde has high quality, well supported, trauma informed family based care options for all children who cannot safely remain in their home. As a Social Worker within the team you will be responsible for undertaking the highest standards of assessment and support to kinship, fostering and adoptive families.

You will also be involved in the key tasks relating to the recruitment of new foster carers and prospective adoptive carers.

You will find that Inverclyde is a great place to work. We’re small enough that you can make things happen quickly, and you will have plenty of opportunity to extend and diversify your experience.

If this sounds like where you’re meant to be, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about these exciting opportunities and to learn more about our ambition for the future, contact Emma Bilsland, Service Manager on 01475 715270 or

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.

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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: [e-mail] .

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.