Intensive Support Worker (Highland Outreach Support Team), Dingwall, Permanent (2 vacancies) – HGH15497 Full Time

Job Description

Post Title: Intensive Support Worker (Highland Outreach Support Team) (2 vacancies)
Location: Dingwall
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £28,783 – £32,111 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Pamela Buchanan Tel: 01349 781821

Job Purpose: Under the direction of the Team Manager, to provide planned and staged support services to children, young people and their families.

1. In Interventions where needs are increasing in complexity and families require support to remain together.
2. In Targeted Services where complexity of needs requires additional measures to sustain appropriate care and prevent young people from being accommodated.
3. To help maintain children in placements and to support in transitions.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Requirement of HNC SVQ3 in Social Care or the ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training.