Social Worker (Permanent) (Full Time)

Salary: £43,617 - £45,862 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

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This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join Renfrewshire’s Children and Families Initial Response Team. The team is based within Renfrewshire House, Paisley, and provides an authority wide initial/short term service to the children and young people who require this and are not already being provided with support from Social Work. You will have personal qualities, professional skills and knowledge which will be applied and tested in all aspects of service delivery within the busy Initial Response Team setting.

Main duties will include:

1. Progressing initial child’s planning and child protection assessments
2. Short term case management
3. Family interventions
4. Recording and monitoring work using an electronic case recording system

As a Social Worker within the Initial Response Team, you will require to have already developed skills around time management and an understanding of developing and managing safe care plans alongside families for the children and young people who require this.

It is essential that you have:

1. A BA (Hons) in Social Work or equivalent
2. Registration with SSSC or commitment to achieve registration within 6 months of taking up the role
3. Commitment to social work values
4. Effective interpersonal, communication, IT, assessment and writing skills
5. Able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
6. A flexible approach

Experience of working in a Child Care setting, progressing assessments of need/risk, implementing GIRFEC principles within assessments, and demonstrable knowledge around relevant legislation, procedures, and guidelines within practice are also essential.

Post qualifying Social Work experience, experience working within a duty/initial response team setting, post qualifying award in Practice Teaching or Child Protection, and a full current driving licence are desirable.

If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

Please contact Janine Biglie, Social Work Senior Manager if you wish to discuss the above post further at 0300 300 1199.