Social Worker – ANG03801 Full Time

Job Description

The Investigations team is based at Bellevue House, Springfield Terrace, Arbroath and covers Angus and the surrounding area.

The team provides a time limited service to children and young people for whom there are Child Protection concerns. The role involves working in partnership with families and other services to share/gather information, carry out assessments and respond to any concerns for the child to ensure their safety and wellbeing. Key tasks are communicating with children and young people (including carrying out Joint Investigative Interviews with our police colleagues) supporting families who are often in crisis, and generally providing a trauma informed, rights based and person-centred service.

In addition, the team plays a wider role in promoting effective Child Protection practice across Angus and there will be opportunities to become involved in this work.

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 pattern that suits their lifestyle.

If you would like to find out more about this exciting job opportunity and participate in an informal chat with the Manager and a Social Worker from the team, we are holding an open afternoon on Monday 16 May 2022 from 12:30 until 17:00. Please email [email protected] and we will contact you to arrange a suitable time.

Requirements

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

Please refer to job outline, person specification and information sheet for further details and requirements for this job.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.