Social Worker - Child Protection - NAY14750

Children and Families service in North Ayrshire is undertaking an exciting time of change and we are recruiting experienced Social Workers to join our redesigned Child Protection Team. The developments within our Child Protection Team will ensure families are supported by one team and worker throughout the period where they require Social Work support. We have implemented Signs of Safety and Safe and Together and redesigned our key C&F paperwork utilising these models to assist practitioners to have the tools to work where at all possible in collaboration with families and their networks. We feel these best supports change where child welfare/child protection worries are identified and enables workers to spend their time focused on relationships and working directly with families. We would like you to have experience in children and families fieldwork and have completed the five-day child protection training, a sound knowledge and skill base in relation to understanding the complex
issues that surround child protection work. We are expanding our CP Team to enable weighted caseloads, so workers are supporting no more than 15 children. We believe this supports relationship-based practice and offers workers the chance to build effective, qualitative relationships with children and families to ensure the best outcomes for the whole family. We are passionate about making sure families receive the right support at the right time and that our workers get the opportunity to provide effective support that improves outcomes for children. If you are passionate about being part of a team that is striving to make a difference to the outcomes for children and their families then we would welcome an application from you.

This post works over 5 days a week which will include Saturday working on a planned rota basis (approximately 1 in 3 Saturday's) so has a 6% enhancement attached due to this., Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted in instalments from your wages following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/. For further details on North Ayrshire Council's policy please visit http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/resident/jobs-and-training/pre-employment-checks.aspx.

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

Agile - 100% of time spent working agile (flexibly) and interacting with others. Able to work at home, office or multiple locations. May be required to attend office on set days/rota basis as the role requires.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: Agile

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide - Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). . If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

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