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Senior Social Worker REF: HSCP/ 80614
Salary: Grade 10 £54,596 - £57,914
Location: Princes Street House
Hours Per Week: 37 Hours
As a Senior Social Worker, you will play a pivotal leadership role within our Children and Families Service, providing support, guidance and professional oversight to a dedicated team of Social Workers and Support Workers. You will lead and develop practice that delivers positive outcomes for children and families, supporting them through complex statutory processes including child protection, looked after children services, permanence planning and alternative care arrangements.
At the heart of our approach is The Promise and our commitment to ensuring children and young people are listened to, meaningfully involved in decisions about their lives and experience consistent, trusting relationships with those who support them. We have embedded Signs of Safety and Healing as our practice framework, enabling strengths-based, relationship-focused and collaborative work with children, families and partner agencies.
We are looking for an experienced and inspiring practitioner who combines sound professional judgement with excellent communication and leadership skills. You will be confident in providing constructive challenge, nurturing high-quality practice and building strong, collaborative relationships. Most importantly, you will share our ambition for children and young people and be committed to ensuring that their voices, experiences and aspirations shape both individual plans and the future development of our services.
Why Inverclyde?
Inverclyde is a place where you can make a real impact. Our size allows us to be agile, innovative and responsive, creating opportunities to influence change and see the difference your leadership makes. Alongside a strong culture of professional support, learning and development, you will have the opportunity to contribute to service improvement and help shape the future direction of Children's Services.
If you are passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of children and families and want to be part of a service with ambition, vision and a commitment to continuous improvement, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity and to learn more about our ambitions for the future, please contact Alan Stevenson, Service Manager, at or on .
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