Social Worker - Children and Families (Perm/Full Time) - REF:HSCP/80529 - INV06777 in Greenock

Join a service that is transforming how children and families receive support. Inverclyde Children's Services is investing in relationship-based practice, early help and support and workforce development so social workers can focus on what matters most.

As a Social Worker within Children and Families, you will have the opportunity to work directly with children, young people, and their families across a range of statutory responsibilities, including child protection, children who are looked after away from their homes, and permanence planning. Inverclyde is committed to delivering high-quality, relationship-based, and trauma-informed practice, underpinned by the principles of The Promise. We have introduced Signs of Safety and Healing as our practice framework, supporting strengths-based, collaborative, and transparent work with children, families and partner agencies.

As a Social Worker within the team, you will:

• Use the Signs of Safety approach to inform decision-making and planning.
• Work collaboratively with families and partner agencies to identify risk, strengths and next steps.
• Be supported to thrive as a confident and valued practitioner with a safe and manageable caseload and regular high-quality supervision.

For Newly Qualified Social Workers we offer a protected and supported first year in practice in line with SSSC requirements, with dedicated support from Learning and Development Officers, access to regular NQSW forums for peer support and professional development, and an established supported year programme that has been successfully embedded within Inverclyde HSCP for several years.

You will find that Inverclyde is a great place to work. We are small enough to be agile and responsive, with a visible and engaged senior management team, allowing you to make a real difference, while offering strong professional support, development opportunities and contributing to a positive team culture.

If you are due to complete your postgraduate social work qualification, we offer a programme that, subject to criteria, will reimburse your final year tuition fees if you are successful in your application.

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we do not hold a sponsorship license.

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland: If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.

Regulatory Bodies: If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC. As part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are no longer required to pay SSSC fees.

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity. Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement.