Social Work Assistant

Fife Council; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional child support service in Scotland seeks motivated and dynamic Social Work Assistants to support children and families. The role includes engaging with families, contributing to care planning, and building strong attachments. Candidates should have strong communication and problem-solving skills. Experience in similar settings is advantageous.

Benefits

Employee benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Children and Families settings is desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Engage and support children, families and carers.
• Contribute to the assessment of need and risk.
• Support family time and sibling contact.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Job description

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Fife Council Children & Family Service is undergoing a period of redesign to ensure services offer both an early help and support function alongside core statutory services to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in Fife.

We are looking for motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic Social Work Assistants to be a part of our newly formed, busy Enhanced Children and Families Teams.

The role involves engaging and supporting children, families and carers at home and in the community, contributing to the assessment of need and risk as part of care planning processes led by Social Workers, taking an active part in supporting family time and sibling contact, building skills and capacity within families to promote strong attachments and positive parenting, direct work with parents, carers and children, as well as contributing to the delivery of targeted group and community work.

The successful candidate will:

• Be passionate about supporting children to build, develop and maintain relationships with their siblings, parents and other family members.
• Be able to work on a 1:1 basis to provide individual support to children, their parents, care-givers and family members.
• Establish close & effective working relationships with colleagues across a range of services to provide support to children, their families and care-givers.
• Be empathetic, understanding, creative and pro-active, with an ability to think out with the box to problem solve.

The Person

You will be skilled at building positive relationships and resilience in families, work in collaboration with partners, health services, education, police and voluntary sector agencies. You will be a supportive team player and work well independently, with strong written and verbal communication skills, coupled with strong organisation and time-management abilities. You will have the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure and be willing to learn and engage in professional development. You will practice in a way that empowers others.

Experience of working in Children and Families settings is desirable, particularly statutory settings. We are child-focused, non-discriminatory, strength-based and trauma-informed, non-stigmatising and inclusive, and we adopt a whole family approach.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

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