Social Worker (2)

Job Description

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 4.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Working within the Angus Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (AIDARS), your main duties will include carrying out holistic robust assessments for people who use alcohol and/or substances, providing care packages and reviewing same. 

There will be a requirement for substance misuse specific training and interventions and also the need for statutory interventions in line with legislation.

There are two positions available.  One position is permanent and one position is temporary for up to 12 months from date of appointment.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis for the temporary position will be considered.  You must have the approval of your line manager/organisation.

You will be asked to indicate on your application form which position/s you are applying for.

Please note interviews will be held Friday, 24 May 2024.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for these jobs.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.