Social Worker - NAY16502

North Ayrshire Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organisation seeks a motivated individual to join the Partnership Delivery Team in delivering critical programmes. The role involves preparatory work and group delivery for specific initiatives, maintaining important relationships, and requires flexibility for travel across authorities and evening commitments. The ideal candidate should possess skills in relationship building and adaptability. This position promotes a supportive and agile work environment.

Responsibilities

• Delivering the Caledonian and Moving Forward programmes.
• Case recording and maintaining relationships with colleagues.
• Flexibility to travel across Local Authorities and conduct evening groups.

Skills

Motivated individual

Flexibility

Relationship building

Job description

Job Summary

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process - for more information click important-information-for-applicants (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our team at the Partnership Delivery Team. The service are based within North Ayrshire but work on a pan-Ayrshire basis. The successful candidate will be part of the programme team, delivering the Caledonian and Moving Forward Making Changes/Moving Forward 2 Change programmes. This involves preparatory work for men subject to these programmes and group delivery. Case recoding is an important part and building and maintaining relationship with colleagues across the partnership is essential. The successful candidate would be required to be flexible as the role involves travel across the three Local Authorities and delivering some evening groups.

For more details see the Role Profile below.

Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the Council’s website.

Additional Information

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG Scheme please visit https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/. For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

PVG (both)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children or protected adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/. For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

Agile – 100% of time spent working agile (flexibly) and interacting with others. Able to work at home, office or multiple locations. May be required to attend office on set days/rota basis as the role requires.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: Agile

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide: Workstyles. If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.