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. Starting date to be confirmed with successful candidate. Adult Social Work Services are recruiting for a Team Manager who will be an experienced social work practitioner and part of a new integrated multidisciplinary leadership team based at East Lothian Community Hospital. This team includes social workers, community care workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and third sector representatives, focusing on preventing hospital admissions and facilitating timely discharges to improve therapeutic outcomes through rehabilitative care at home. You will oversee the main intake social work system in community adult social work services at John Muir House in Haddington, ensuring harmonisation between both systems for seamless progression of individuals through the care pathway 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 may involve some weekend working, with a requirement to work across 7 days initially over a 5-day working week, subject to review once the new pathway has been embedded. The post will 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. Your responsibilities will include managing the Community Care service, providing a responsive and needs-led social work service throughout East Lothian in accordance with relevant legislation, national standards, Council policies, and plans, with a commitment to achieving 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 refer to these to complete the application form and ensure you meet every 'essential' criterion stated on the Person Specification to be considered for an interview. The ‘East Lothian Way’ outlines the values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. If invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them. Job Requirements
Relevant Qualifications Degree in Social Work (or other recognised Social Work Qualification, e.g., 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: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made. 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. Starting date to be confirmed with successful candidate. Adult Social Work Services are recruiting for a Team Manager who will be an experienced social work practitioner and part of a new integrated multidisciplinary leadership team based at East Lothian Community Hospital. This team includes social workers, community care workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and third sector representatives, focusing on preventing hospital admissions and facilitating timely discharges to improve therapeutic outcomes through rehabilitative care at home. You will oversee the main intake social work system in community adult social work services at John Muir House in Haddington, ensuring harmonisation between both systems for seamless progression of individuals through the care pathway 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 may involve some weekend working, with a requirement to work across 7 days initially over a 5-day working week, subject to review once the new pathway has been embedded. The post will 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. Your responsibilities will include managing the Community Care service, providing a responsive and needs-led social work service throughout East Lothian in accordance with relevant legislation, national standards, Council policies, and plans, with a commitment to achieving 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 refer to these to complete the application form and ensure you meet every 'essential' criterion stated on the Person Specification to be considered for an interview. The ‘East Lothian Way’ outlines the values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. If invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them. Job Requirements
Relevant Qualifications Degree in Social Work (or other recognised Social Work Qualification, e.g., 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: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made. 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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