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NLC13 £54,503 - £59,740 (Plus Additional Non-Core Payments)
This post is open to North Lanarkshire Council employees only.
We are seeking to recruit Senior Social Workers to join our Children & Families team based in Intensive Services to provide professional leadership and help us retain our high level of performance of service delivery.
The Intensive Services Team of Community Alternatives and Families First, are progressing an ambitious programme of change to strengthen our support to children and young people in line with The Promise (The Independent Care Review). Key to these improvements will be the provision of intensive support for care experienced young people and increasing support to children and young people to support them remain at home.
Children & Families are part of North Lanarkshire Council’s new Education and Families Directorate and you will join our team as we embark on an ambitious programme of work, ‘ We Aspire’, to transform our services and improve outcomes for all in our communities You will support the management team in ensuring that Children & Families services play a full part in the new structure while maintaining crucial partnership working with adult social care services, NLC Services and other key partners including, NHS Lanarkshire, Police Scotland and Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire/third sector.
We are proud of our partnership working across services to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. Working within the Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), child protection and looked after children and care experienced young people frameworks, we encourage innovative practice and evidence-based approaches to support our work with children, young people and families. Our partnerships within children’s services are well developed supported by single and multi-agency self-evaluation and continuous improvement.
You will require strong leadership skills to lead and motivate employees to ensure a culture of effective service delivery and focus on quality outcomes are delivered.
In return we can offer you a positive professional working experience with a commitment to continuous professional development.
Significant post qualifying experience is essential including experience in a relevant discipline. A track record of successful inter agency working, leadership skills together with knowledge of risk assessment and risk management frameworks are essential as are excellent verbal and written skills.
You must have a CQSW/DipSW or equivalent, along with significant post qualifying experience in Social Work and be registered with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). You will require to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member prior to commencing in this role.
As a member of the Intensive Services team, you would participate in a rota that is devised to manage the service 7 days a week, including evenings and weekends to ensure the right support is available to children, young people, and their families when they need it.
Work pattern to be discussed at interview, which are scheduled for 24 February 2025.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
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