Principal Social Worker - Waverley Court

Job Description

Principal Social Work Officer
Waverley Court

Salary: £74,858 - £89,566 
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

An exciting opportunity is now available for a Principal Social Work Officer to join the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. This role which is at the heart of improving the Partnership’s senior oversight of the quality of social work practice, ensuring that we deliver high quality, safe, person-centred practice for the people of Edinburgh.

You will influence the organisation at a senior level, and you will be critical in ensuring that the unique role of social work is understood and valued within the Partnership and with partner organisations. You will also ensure that the social work profession within the Partnership is championed and led, with the Chief Social Work Officer in the Council and through key strategic and operational relationships.

An exciting opportunity is now available for a Principal Social Work Officer to join the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. This role which is at the heart of improving the Partnership’s senior oversight of the quality of social work practice, ensuring that we deliver high quality, safe, person-centred practice for the people of Edinburgh.

You will influence the organisation at a senior level, and you will be critical in ensuring that the unique role of social work is understood and valued within the Partnership and with partner organisations. You will also ensure that the social work profession within the Partnership is championed and led, with the Chief Social Work Officer in the Council and through key strategic and operational relationships.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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