Social Worker

6 days ago

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Aberdeen City Council Full time

Job Purpose:

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The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Provide a high quality social work service within a social work team to respond to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines. Be accountable for work undertaken with children and families, which includes assessing needs, planning and delivering focused interventions to safeguard children and developing plans to promote positive outcomes.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• BA Social Work qualification or equivalent DipSW, CQSW
• SSSC Registration
• PVG

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

• A Commitment to the principles of systemic practice model
• The ability to assess and balance risk and protective factors within a child
protection framework
• The ability to assess needs, formulate and implement effective social work
interventions
• The ability to prioritise tasks, manage own workload and be accountable for quality
case work with children and families to achieve positive outcomes
• The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing and build
rapport with a range of individuals including children and families and other
professionals
• The ability to negotiate effectively to reach a resolution and successfully
implementing change
• The ability to deal with complex issues in a sensitive and appropriate manner
• The ability to use information management systems to maintain accurate
management information and high quality data
• Ability to analyse and evaluate complex information to produce high quality concise
reports to inform quality casework and business decisions
• The ability to provide social work interventions to children and families and present
concise reports about complex information as required to internal, external
audiences including presenting in Court
• Ability to use research findings and statutory guidance to inform social work
practice.

About Us

Please see Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact .

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: . We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our roles and who:

have a disability are care-experienced and aged 16-29 are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships) have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

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