Social Worker - Citywide South West

Social Worker — Citywide (Locality Team - South West)

Salary: £40,501 - £47,639 |

Hours:

36 per week

Hybrid and home working available to support a work/life balance.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Edinburgh Social Care Partnership as a social worker. We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced social worker to join our fast‑paced and dynamic service that provides a responsive and person‑centred service across a range of our locality teams.

The Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership is on a journey to transform the way in which Social Work delivers support and services to ensure that we support adults with multiple and complex needs, and increased levels of frailty, to live as independently as possible. We work effectively with our health colleagues and a broad range of partners to ensure that the most vulnerable within our city get the right service in the right place at the right time.

We have a key priority to shift the balance of care and promote effective early intervention and preventative supports.

We are looking for a qualified social worker who is committed to making a real difference to people's lives, who is energetic, imaginative, creative, and resilient. Ideally, we are seeking an experienced social worker who can join our team as a council officer. Trauma‑informed, relationships and strengths‑based social work is at the heart of our practice. Adhering to the Social Care (Self‑directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013, you will provide a range of choices to people for how they receive the support they need.

• Assessments and support planning
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Carers’ assessments
• Duties under the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 and Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and support adults, their families, and carers to balance the complex areas of risk and need with choice and rights. You will also provide advice, support, guidance and, if necessary, interventions, should an adult be at risk of harm and in need of protection. You will work in supportive, well‑established teams and have regular supervision and training.

• Social Work roles (SW / SSW):
  Degree/diploma or equivalent qualification in Social Work.
• Must be registered (or in the process of registering) with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
• These posts are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended). Your PVG fee and SSSC fee will be paid by us (where applicable).
• This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out of the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required.
  
  You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre‑employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care‑experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience.

Disabled and care‑experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

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Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.