Social Worker - NAY18060

North Ayrshire Council; Largs; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

North Ayrshire Council is seeking a qualified Social Worker to join the Care Home Review Team in Largs. The role involves undertaking assessments, reviews and devising interventions while actively managing risk in a fast-paced health and social care environment.

You will consult with service users and representatives to ensure needs and rights are promoted within policy and legislation. The post requires collaboration within a multi-disciplinary setting and adherence to council staff values,

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with knowledge and experience in undertaking assessments, reviews, devising interventions while responding to and managing risk.
• Ability to consult with service users and their representatives to ensure needs and rights are promoted.
• Experience working in Health and Social Care and in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments and reviews and devise care interventions.
• Work within policy and legislative frameworks.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to promote service user rights.

Skills

Social Work qualification

Risk assessment

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Ability to work under pressure

Education

DipSW or equivalent

Job description

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)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Care Home Review Team based in Brooksby Medical & Resource Centre, Largs. We are seeking a qualified Social Worker with knowledge and experience in undertaking assessments, reviews, devising interventions while responding to and managing risk. An understanding of the current pressures experienced in Health and Social Care sector is essential as well as the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment. This is a challenging and rewarding role and will require the successful candidate to work in a multi-disciplinary setting; to consult with service users and their representatives to ensure their needs and rights are promoted while practicing within policy and legislative frameworks. Consideration will only be given to applicants who meet the essential qualifying criteria for this post.

For more details of the post, refer to the Role Profile.

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Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach 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

Staff values and behaviours (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Additional Information

References

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 (Adults)

This post is considered Regulated Work with 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 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

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 (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

Use of AI in Applications

Applicants may use AI tools to assist with drafting or refining their application. However, AI should only be used to enhance an application and must not replace personal experience or be used to generate content wholly on the applicant’s behalf. Where it is identified that AI has been used to create an application in full or to falsify responses, this will be taken into account within the scoring, and your application may not be progressed.