Social Worker (6) – ANG04816 Full Time

Job Description

Based at either:

County Buildings, Forfar, covering the Forfar, Kirriemuir and surrounding area;

Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath, covering the Arbroath, Carnoustie, Monifieth area;

or

Town House, High Street, Montrose, covering the Brechin, Montrose area.

These jobs are workstyle 3 – Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

We are looking for enthusiastic practitioners who are passionate about supporting some of the most vulnerable families in our community and are committed to working towards maximising inclusion and reducing inequalities across Angus.

Angus Council is a forward thinking council where we support employees to have an agile workstyle, working between home and your team’s office base. We are happy to discuss a flexible working plan to enable employees to have a working patten that suits their lifestyle.

If you think you have the drive and commitment to work in this challenging and rewarding area of practice then please come along to our information session on Thursday 26 October, Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath, DD11 3TP or contact Lynda Fraser on 01674 907611 for more information.

Angus Council a great place to live, work and visit.

Please note interviews will be held 27 November 2023.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for these jobs.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the “applicant guidance” document when completing your application form and to the “welcome to Angus” document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.