THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Promote Children and Young People’s rights with a person-centred approach that fosters being heard, self-awareness and personal growth in line with The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, national care standards and SHANNARI well-being indicators.
• Be familiar with the use of the Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) national practice model and key legislation and frameworks pertinent to children and young people which include Children (Scotland) Act 1995, The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
• Be familiar with identifying managing and supporting to mitigate risk.
• Have a sound knowledge of the assessment process and demonstrate the ability to complete and be part of multi-agency assessment and planning.
• Have a good knowledge and understanding of the Promise and the Key Priorities.
• Be comfortable managing and supporting staff team through regular supervision, development and training.
• Work directly with children, families and multi-agency team.
• The post holder will report to The Head of Service and be expected to work within and lead a busy and dynamic team undertaking planned individual and group work, including life story work.
• Be part of multi-agency team supporting Care plan and minimising drift and delay and supporting identifying longer term plans as soon as able in accordance with PACE.
• To promote social inclusion, work sensitively with diversity and in an anti-discriminatory way.
• Assess, plan, and implement interventions to address concerns, support families in crisis, and collaborate with other professionals to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people. This includes following up with new referrals, conducting assessments, and making referrals and signposting to other agencies when necessary.
• Implement SMART plans to support achieving outcomes for children and young people within their dedicated staff teams.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Relevant Degree/Diploma in Social Work and SSSC Social Worker Registration
• Must demonstrate experience working within a social work /lead professional or similar role.
• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Must have relevant experience of managing teams.
  · Must be able to demonstrate experience in working with vulnerable and challenging groups and the ability to deal with all aspects of safeguarding situations.

· Team player with a collaborative style and an engaging and persuasive manner, able to stay calm and accurate under pressure.

• Highly proficient in all Microsoft 365 Office packages

Please refer the Job description for details