Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 24 June 2024
Closing Date: Thursday 20 June 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC8 £38950.71 - £42686.23
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Based in Fife House, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resum é’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Job Details
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for social workers to work in the Permanence Team in the children and Families Service in Fife.
We invite applicants with a minimum of two years post qualifying experience in a statutory Children and Families social work setting, preferably within the arena of Looked after children/Permanence.
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, competent confident practitioners able to work creatively and independently with children and young people in line with The Promise, enabling them to realise their full potential whilst maintaining connections with siblings, birth family and people who matter to them.
Fife Council are committed to prioritising and achieving the best outcomes for Looked After Children where a permanent destination is required.
You will be able to work directly with children and young people and their carers to provide support in a trauma informed way to facilitate meaningful and sustainable change helping children to build resilience.
The task will also involve co-ordinating and managing cases, effectively using case recording and file management systems, and providing evidence based written reports as required including informed recommendations concerning child and young people’s plans.
Good assessment skills are essential.
Working as part of a team supporting individuals and families to access services specific to their needs or risks, they may be experiencing.
The individual responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and to provide support.
Undertaking thorough and informed comprehensive assessments of risk and need.
Work individually and collaboratively to produce plans for vulnerable children/young people and families.
Assessing, managing, monitoring, supporting, reviewing, and developing creative high-quality plans designed to meet the needs of service users operating within the framework of service policies and procedures.
The Person
Educated to SCQF level 9 which includes a Social Work degree or equivalent.
You are required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up employment in this role and to complete the Post Registration Training and Learning (PTRL) over the registration period.
You must have experience of assessing risk and need and be a confident competent practitioner.
You must have experience of different assessment tools.
You must have the ability to travel extensively across Fife and beyond.
You may be required to obtain a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Membership or Disclosure Check for this role.
Further Information
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For further information contact: Linda Fraser - linda.fraser@fife.gov.uk