Trauma Responsive Social Work Services Social Work

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 252433**Salary**:

- £52,355 - £65,276**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- C1**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 23 months, with the possibility of extension up to 47 months. Two year secondment opportunities will also be considered, as can alternative working hours and patterns.**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Leith, Scotland, EH6 6QQAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Are you looking for a leadership role where you can support the implementation of trauma enhanced practice in Scotland’s social work services?**

This exciting opportunity is located within the Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser, responsible for delivering a programme of tailored support and trainings which are aligned to the National Trauma Training Programme. This involves training that supports practice at enhanced practice level, in line with Transforming Psychological Trauma: A knowledge and skills framework for the Scottish workforce, for those working in Scotland’s social work services.

The Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser (OCSWA) is the key source in Scottish Government for professionally informed advice across the range of government policy and delivery related to social work and social care. A programme of work has been developed in partnership with key stakeholders that includes social work education, post qualifying training and implementation support to develop trauma-responsive social work services. A Partnership Delivery Group is currently working to ensure the implementation of the programme.

The team will work closely with the Trauma, ACEs and Resilience Unit (Scottish Govt), Improvement Service (IS) and NHS Education Scotland (NES), to embed trauma enhanced practices across children’s, adult and justice social work services in Scotland.

**This role is for a full time Fixed Term Appointment (with Fair and Open Competition) for a period of 23 months, with the possibility of extension up to 47 months. Two year secondment opportunities will also be considered, as can alternative working hours and patterns.**

**Job description**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Work with the Programme Lead, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the teams Learning and Implementation Practitioners to deliver a programme of workforce support for the social work workforce, including support for operational middle and front line social work leaders.
- Have direct line management responsibilities for Learning and Implementation Practitioners.
- Lead in providing implementation support, consultancy and coaching to a range of social work services in children’s, adult and justice social work.
- Coordinate team resources to ensure day to day delivery of high quality trainings for the social work workforce that include a focus on understanding and working with those affected by complex trauma in a social work context, relationships based practices and recovery approaches, safety and stabilisation skills, power sharing with people with lived experience, mental health in the context of trauma, developing trauma responsive services, systems and workforces, supporting worker wellbeing and reflective practice approaches.
- Identify suitably experienced and skilled social work practitioners capable of accessing training for trainers, in order to build capacity across Scotland’s social work services.
- Deliver train the trainers programmes for the social work profession, in line with the Scottish Psychological Trauma Training Plan.
- Keep up to date with current, innovative and evidence based approaches to developing trauma informed services, systems and workforces, to embed trauma enhanced practice that aligns with the forthcoming Quality Indicator Framework for Trauma Informed Services, Systems and Workforces.
- Contribute to evaluation processes and work with key partners to share learning as part of the National Trauma Training Programme.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**

1. Demonstrate and evidence a high level of competence and effectiveness in trauma enhanced practice, with direct experience in providing advocacy, therapeutic support or interventions, taking account of trauma reactions and reducing risk of re-traumatisation, or management of these services (in line with the Transforming Psychological Trauma: A knowledge and Skills Framework for the Scottish Workforce and The Scottish Psychological Trauma Training Plan).

2. Experience in supporting the professional development and capabilities of others through coaching, education and training delivery, and staff management.

3. Leadership experience in a social work role, including influencing and managing organisational change.

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and