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This is a re-advert of NAY14750; previous applicants need not re-apply as they will not be considered.
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The Children and Families service in North Ayrshire is undergoing an exciting change, and we are recruiting experienced Social Workers to join our redesigned Child Protection Team. The developments within our Child Protection Team will ensure families are supported by one team and worker throughout the period where they require Social Work support. We have implemented Signs of Safety and Safe and Together and redesigned our key C&F paperwork utilizing these models to assist practitioners in collaborating with families and their networks. We believe these approaches best support change where child welfare/child protection concerns are identified and enable workers to focus on relationships and work directly with families.
We would like you to have experience in children and families fieldwork and have completed the five-day child protection training, with a sound knowledge and skill base in relation to understanding the complex issues surrounding child protection work. We are expanding our CP Team to enable weighted caseloads, so workers support no more than 15 children. We believe this supports relationship-based practice and offers workers the chance to build effective, qualitative relationships with children and families to ensure the best outcomes for the whole family. If you are passionate about being part of a team that strives to make a difference in the outcomes for children and their families, we welcome your application.
This post works over 5 days a week, which will include Saturday working on a planned rota basis (approximately 1 in 3 Saturdays), so there is a 6% enhancement attached due to this.
North Ayrshire Council uses a behavioral-based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.
If this post requires references, you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.
PVG (both)
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offense to apply if you are barred from working with children or protected adults.
Please note if you are the successful candidate, your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form, which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.
Our Workstyles
As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:
Agile – 100% of time spent working agile (flexibly) and interacting with others. Able to work at home, office, or multiple locations. May be required to attend the office on set days/rota basis as the role requires.
This post has been allocated the workstyle: Agile.
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