Social Worker – ANG04706 Full Time

Job Description

Based at County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 3 – Hybrid.

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

With an Angus-wide remit, you will be expected to undertake the full range of criminal justice social work duties, taking a trauma-informed approach. These include oral and written reports for courts and the parole board; supervision (including group work approaches) of service users subject to statutory orders, including probation, community payback orders and statutory licences.

You will be responsible for the assessment and risk management of high risk offenders, including those convicted of sexual offences, and share information with relevant agencies to ensure public protection.

For further information please contact Jamie McBean, Acting Senior Practitioner, Angus Justice Services on 01307 492150.

Please note interviews will be held Wednesday, 20 September 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 this job.

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.