Social Worker – (Perm/Full Time) – REF:HSCP/80534 80538 – INV05805 Full Time

Job Description

Social Worker REF: HSCP/ 80534 80538

Salary: Grade 8 £42,924 – £45,451

Location: HSCP HQ

Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Senior Social Worker – Request for Assistance Team

As the HSCP continues its journey to implement the recommendations from the National Care Review and realise the ambition of The Promise we are seeking an experienced and confident practitioner to join our team.  You will have experience as a practitioner in all aspects of voluntary and statutory community children’s social work, with a clear track record of working successfully in partnership with children and young people and their families as well as other partners to achieve positive outcomes.

Children’s Services in Inverclyde is at the beginning of an exciting period of change, currently implementing Signs of Safety and Healing to equip us to continue to meet the needs of our communities, support more children to remain at home and provide a high standard of support to families when they need it. 

Established in 2018, our Request for Assistance Team is usually the first contact a family and partner agencies will have with our service.  The main function of the RFA team is to respond to new information, identify risk and take appropriate steps to promptly provide an initial assessment of risk and need to help inform next steps and the most appropriate support for a child and their family.  Working in conjunction with our 3^rd sector partner you will be involved in identifying the right support at the right time. The successful candidate will be skilled in completing initial assessments and child protection investigations.

If you would like to find out more about this role before applying please contact: 

Alan Stevenson or Molly Coyle, Service Managers

[email protected] / [email protected]

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits – Inverclyde Council

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• Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required.  Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information’ above for more information.

• Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

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http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-for-the-council/council-induction

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If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.

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Further Assistance

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Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity. 

Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.