Social Worker (Permanence and Assessment Team) - CLA03032

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Job DescriptionWe are looking for a social worker experienced working with Looked After Children to join our Permanence and Assessment Team. The successful candidate will be involved in undertaking parenting capacity assessments to inform planning, and progressing permanence plans for children in a timely manner in order to secure a permanent destination for children within their family, or with permanent carers. Clackmannanshire Council is committed to Keeping The Promise to our local children and would welcome applications from candidates who are able to place children at the heart of planning and work creatively to support children in their journey to a positive permanent destination whilst considering the importance of sibling relationships, connections with community, and those of importance to them. The post holder will be a creative and dynamic individual, able to work collaboratively with other social work colleagues, foster carers, kinship carers, parents, and professionals to undertake robust assessments of need and risk, produce comprehensive written assessment reports, and develop and implement good quality SMART focused plans. Workers in the Permanence and Assessment Team will also have opportunities to share their knowledge and practice experience with workers across the service with less experience in this area of work to support planning more broadly across the service. This is an exciting time to join our service as we work towards implementing the Promise that we have made to our young people. Clackmannanshire Council is a small local authority who offer a clear training framework, opportunities for further study and development, and regular support and supervision.RequirementsYou can view the application pack below including our recruitment privacy notice. The application pack contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting for the (Get into Care for Adult Care) further documents can be viewed below (These do not relate to the job advertised).Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council. Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply. Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application, if your salary is over £30,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first salary. Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-pvg