Social Worker - 2 Posts, HMP PKC14095

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within Perth & Kinross Council is more than a job, it's about being part of an organisation that puts people at the heart of all we do and provides opportunities to make a real difference by enhancing every life we touch.

We currently have the following opportunity:

Social Worker, 2 Posts - PKC
14095
£47,601 - £50,773
HMP Perth

This post is based in HMP Perth Social Work Department. HMP Perth houses a population of adult males. The population contains a proportion of individuals who have been placed on remand as well as those serving short term, long term or indeterminate sentences.

We are a small, busy team composed of qualified Social Workers and Business Support.

Our role is to provide a quality social work service to statutory prisoners. We also provide a Duty social work service that all prisoners can access.

A significant element of our role within the prison is to assess and manage potential risks that individuals may pose at different stages in their sentences, as they pass through closed conditions and prepare for access to open conditions and/or release on Licence or a Supervised Release Order. We do this by way of providing reports to the Parole Board and attending Parole Oral Hearings.

We also take part in multi-agency decision making forums such as:
Risk Management Team (RMTs);
Integrated Case Management (ICMs);
Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA); and Programme Casework Management Board (PCMB). We work in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service and community social work agencies to support and manage all statutory offenders.

The Team is based within the prison setting and have access to hybrid working.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

You will have a relevant social work degree qualification.

This role requires you to be registered as a Social Worker with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

The successful candidate will be highly motivated to deliver a quality social work service in partnership with colleagues based in the community and the Scottish Prison Service.

You will have relevant experience of justice social work, and an understanding of risk assessment and risk management including use of relevant tools; accreditation in use of LS/CMI and ROSH, RM2000, SA07, SARAv3 would all be desirable.

The successful candidate will also have a good understanding of the legislative framework and changing landscape of justice social work and will be able to work collaboratively in partnership with other statutory and third sector organisations; both internal and external to the prison environment.

The successful candidate must possess strong communication, negotiation, and report writing skills.

You will be required to have an understanding of the potential opportunities, rewards, and challenges of working within a prison setting for the client group, staff group, and overall service delivery.

Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours. Find out more about Perth & Kinross Council and you could soon be joining our team!

Here's what we can offer
you
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• A generous annual leave package
• 6 days public holiday and an additional discretionary day
• Eligibility to join our pension scheme
• Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working, Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave, time off for volunteering and our Wellbeing Framework
• Access to a range of benefits
• Paid SSSC annual membership for relevant positions

We recognise there can be benefits to flexible working and where individual jobs allow, we seek to support this. You are encouraged to discuss potential options with the recruiting manager, if this is of interest to you. A healthy work life balance is important to us and we provide supportive management and, where possible, flexible working arrangements to help you achieve…