Senior Officer - REQ06273 - 482896 in Motherwell

We are looking for an experienced professional to enhance the work of North Lanarkshire Child Protection Committee and our partners in ensuring a skilled competent approach to supporting Care and Protection of our children of North Lanarkshire. You will have a comprehensive understanding of the public protection context in Scotland and should have experience of public protection practice. You will also have an understanding of legislation and guidance, policy development, planning and experience in delivering learning to multi-agencies.

You will work closely with all multi-agency partners at both a local and national level. The Senior Officer post will involve new approaches to the design, development and delivery of learning and development, ensuring compliance with the national guidance. You must have a CQSW/DipSW, BA (Hons) in Social Work or equivalent plus significant understanding and relevant experience in public protection, policy, practice and improvements.

You will also have a good current knowledge of child protection services and a good understanding of the legislative framework, policies and emerging themes, as well as experience of designing, delivering and evaluating training and learning and development opportunities for multi-agency partners. You will be registered or eligible for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to commencing in this role.

In return we can offer you a positive professional working experience with a commitment to continuous professional development. Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Sarah Jane Ramsay or Fiona Swift.

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council, 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. 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.

North Lanarkshire Council are happy to talk flexible working, and we operate a Smarter Working Policy. North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time. 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.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in 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. The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit.

To find out more, please note that we do not accept CVs in place of the application form. To be considered for this vacancy, you must ensure an application form is submitted. Any CV submissions will be disregarded.