Senior Social Worker

14 hours ago


Dumbarton, United Kingdom West Dunbartonshire Council Full time

Job Description

This is a fixed term post until 30/11/.

A 2 year secondment vacancy has arisen for a Senior Social Worker within West Dunbartonshire Addictions services.

The successful candidate will manage a team consisting of: 1 social worker, 2 senior addiction workers, 7 addiction workers and 1 support worker across Dumbarton and Clydebank locations.

They will manage and co-ordinate the delivery and development of needs led Social Work services across the Health and Social Care integrated Addiction Team in line with relevant legislation, council policy and departmental procedures. They will require to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be solution focused and able to work autonomously as well as being part of a team.

Addiction Services provides a comprehensive integrated service for individuals experiencing alcohol or drug related problems. The service has developed effective partnership working with other local authority departments, external agencies and third sector partners to ensure best practice from multi-agency work for the individual experiencing addiction difficulties and their families.

Please contact Sylvia Chatfield, Head of Service for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Addictions at: for further details or an informal discussion. 

Requirements

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Children and Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.

Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.

Responsibilities

The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order . Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

The Individual

WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:

• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support

Now that you have read the role and what we have to offer, we would love to hear from you. Please use the application to tell us your experience, and why you are the candidate for this role.

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