Social Worker - NAY14778

Job Summary

Temporary for 12 months.

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process - for more information click important-information-for-applicants (north-ayrshire.gov.uk)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Kilwinning Locality team within our Child and Families service. We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic social worker to work within our team. In this role you would be working alongside other professionals to create multi-agency care plans providing early, preventative, statutory and child protection interventions to children and families in our area.

The team comprises of Social Workers, Social Work Assistants, a family care worker, school based Social worker and Youth Support workers. As this is a locality team we are very fortunate to share our office with health colleagues comprising of Health visitors and health care support workers. Together the team are very passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people, practising in an innovative way, and we are looking for another member of staff to complement the existing service.

We have implemented Signs of safety and the Safe and Together models, with paperwork being redesigned to utilise these models to assist practitioners to have the tools to work in collaboration with the families and their supports in order to achieve the best outcomes for the family as a whole.

If like us you are passionate about making a difference and would like opportunity to work within a small supportive team then we are happy to welcome your application.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the Staff values and behaviours (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Additional Information

References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (both)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007.  Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children or protected adults

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 Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

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.