Location: East Lothian Community Hospital Alderston Road Haddington, EH41 3PF
Salary: £50,878 - £57,284 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Vacancy Information
Hourly rate of pay: £27.88 - £31.39
Days and Hours of Work: Monday - Friday 09.00 - 17.00 (flexi time is applicable) To start: To be confirmed Adult Social Work Services are recruiting for a Team Manager who will be an experienced social work practitioner and part of a new fully integrated multidisciplinary leadership team based at East Lothian Community Hospital. This team will comprise social workers, community care workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, care at home, and the third sector. This new coordinated pathway approach aims to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharges, reducing time spent in hospital and improving therapeutic outcomes by delivering rehabilitative care at home earlier. You will oversee the main intake social work system in community adult social work services based at John Muir House in Haddington and ensure harmonisation between both systems for seamless progression of individuals through this pathway and into locality social work services. East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership are adopting approaches that align with the new National Frailty standards and coordination of care via locality-based approaches with close links to the third sector. This role will involve some weekend working, requiring you to work across 7 days initially over a 5-day working week, subject to review once the new pathway has been embedded. This post will also be onsite, limiting the scope for home working. Interviews will take place on February 20th. For more information, please contact Graeme McLean, Adult Social Work Services, Service Manager at gmclean2@eastlothian.gov.uk To assist in the management of the Statutory Social Work Service, providing a responsive and needs-led MHO service and ensuring quality assurance of Adult Protection processes throughout East Lothian in accordance with relevant legislation, national standards, Council policies, and plans with a commitment to achieve best value. Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview. Job Requirements
Relevant Qualifications Degree in Social Work (or other recognised Social Work Qualification, i.e., CQSW, Dip SW, CCETSW) or equivalent level of qualification in Occupational Therapy.
Post Graduate Certificate of Advanced Professional Studies (Mental Health Officer Award) or equivalent. Driving Licence A full current driving licence is desirable for this post. PVG Membership This post is considered as Regulated Work with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council. Please note: If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outside the UK in the last 5 years, you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website. Please note: We do not accept CVs (either electronically or by mail). All our vacancies must be applied for by fully completing the online application form. Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form.
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Hourly rate of pay: £27.88 - £31.39
Days and Hours of Work: Monday - Friday 09.00 - 17.00 (flexi time is applicable) To start: To be confirmed Adult Social Work Services are recruiting for a Team Manager who will be an experienced social work practitioner and part of a new fully integrated multidisciplinary leadership team based at East Lothian Community Hospital. This team will comprise social workers, community care workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, care at home, and the third sector. This new coordinated pathway approach aims to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharges, reducing time spent in hospital and improving therapeutic outcomes by delivering rehabilitative care at home earlier. You will oversee the main intake social work system in community adult social work services based at John Muir House in Haddington and ensure harmonisation between both systems for seamless progression of individuals through this pathway and into locality social work services. East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership are adopting approaches that align with the new National Frailty standards and coordination of care via locality-based approaches with close links to the third sector. This role will involve some weekend working, requiring you to work across 7 days initially over a 5-day working week, subject to review once the new pathway has been embedded. This post will also be onsite, limiting the scope for home working. Interviews will take place on February 20th. For more information, please contact Graeme McLean, Adult Social Work Services, Service Manager at gmclean2@eastlothian.gov.uk To assist in the management of the Statutory Social Work Service, providing a responsive and needs-led MHO service and ensuring quality assurance of Adult Protection processes throughout East Lothian in accordance with relevant legislation, national standards, Council policies, and plans with a commitment to achieve best value. Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview. Job Requirements
Relevant Qualifications Degree in Social Work (or other recognised Social Work Qualification, i.e., CQSW, Dip SW, CCETSW) or equivalent level of qualification in Occupational Therapy.
Post Graduate Certificate of Advanced Professional Studies (Mental Health Officer Award) or equivalent. Driving Licence A full current driving licence is desirable for this post. PVG Membership This post is considered as Regulated Work with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council. Please note: If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outside the UK in the last 5 years, you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website. Please note: We do not accept CVs (either electronically or by mail). All our vacancies must be applied for by fully completing the online application form. Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form.
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