Principal Social Worker - Waverley Court - EDN29453

Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Principal Social Work Officer
Waverley Court

Salary: £74,858 - £89,566 per year
Hours: 36 per week

The role

An exciting opportunity is now available for a Principal Social Work Officer to join the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. This role which is at the heart of improving the Partnership’s senior oversight of the quality of social work practice, ensuring that we deliver high quality, safe, person-centred practice for the people of Edinburgh.

You will influence the organisation at a senior level, and you will be critical in ensuring that the unique role of social work is understood and valued within the Partnership and with partner organisations. You will also ensure that the social work profession within the Partnership is championed and led, with the Chief Social Work Officer in the Council and through key strategic and operational relationships.

The person

You will be a highly experienced operational, strategic and professional leader who is collaborative, empowers those around them, and can help ensure that the principles of quality, safety and compassion are embedded in culture and practice, within a context of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.

A professional Social Work qualification and registration is required, and you will be educated to master’s level or equivalent. You will be a professional role model and demonstrate a proven track record in senior social work leadership and complex change across diverse social work and social care services, evidencing a commitment to the integration of Health and Social Care.

The Place

Edinburgh is not only Scotland's capital city, but also its festival, business and cultural capital too. The city is home to the Scottish Parliament and some of the most recognisable landmarks in Europe, from the medieval Old Town to the elegant Georgian New Town.

With nearly four million domestic and overseas visitors and almost half a million people calling Edinburgh home, it has never been more important for us to make sure our diverse city is a great place to live, work and enjoy.

The Partnership

The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership is made up of approximately colleagues employed by both the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian who work in health centres, GP Practices, community hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and communities across the city.

Our vision is to deliver a caring, healthier, and safer Edinburgh. We want to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We will support people to be well at home, and in their community, for as long as possible. We believe that people should only stay in hospital where there’s a medical need and we will do our best to get them home, or to a homely setting, as quickly as possible.

We value all the people who work within our Partnership. We can offer a wide range of employee benefits https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/candidateportal/myrewards

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Pat Togher via email to arrange this – Pat.Togher@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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Requirements

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 with 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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

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

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