Social Worker - Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Young People - Throughcare and Aftercare - EDN30411

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Social Worker: Support for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children &; Young People
Based with the Throughcare and Aftercare service, 249 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257
Hours: 36 per week

2 x Permanent Posts available

We are looking for enthusiastic social work practitioners to join our Throughcare and Aftercare Team, to work with Looked After and formerly Looked After young people aged 16 to 25. We are a multi-disciplinary team undertaking the City of Edinburgh’s ongoing statutory responsibility to offer support, advice and guidance to this cohort of young people, and assisting them to make successful transitions as they leave care and beyond.

Located alongside the Throughcare and Aftercare Team, the post holders will be required to specifically assess need and develop effective support plans for young people who are unaccompanied and seeking asylum.

The post holder will initially focus on assessment practice and support for unaccompanied young people seeking asylum, taking a lead role in working alongside them to develop their pathway plans.

The post holder will be experienced in working collaboratively with others. The post holder will take a lead role in carrying out age assessments of young people presenting as Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and will support other social work staff in age assessment processes. Training will be provided for this.

The post holder will also act as a resource to the Communities and Families Department offering guidance and insight to managers and staff regarding immigration legislation as it impacts on Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and young people.

The role may be subject to change due to an ongoing Children’s Services Review.

If you have a question or if you would like to have an informal discussion about the post, please email lynne.mooney@edinburgh.gov.uk

Applicants must hold a Social Work qualification recognised by the SSSC.

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.

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.

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.

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

Requirements

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.

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