Principal Social Worker - South Office

Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Principal Social Work Officer
South Office

Salary: £67,832 - £80,550 per year
Hours: 36 per week

An exciting opportunity is now available for a Principal Social Work Officer to join the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. This new role which will be at the heart of improving the Partnership’s senior oversight of the quality of social work practice, ensuring that we deliver high quality, safe, person-centred practice for the people of Edinburgh.

You will influence the organisation at a senior level, and you will be critical in ensuring that the unique role of social work is understood and valued within the Partnership and with partner organisations. You will also ensure that the social work profession within the Partnership is championed and led, with the Chief Social Work Officer in the Council and through key strategic relationships.

You will be a highly experienced operational, strategic and professional leader who is collaborative, empowers those around them, and can help ensure that the principles of quality, safety and compassion are embedded in culture and practice, within a context of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.

A professional Social Work qualification and registration is required, and you will be educated to master’s level or equivalent. You will be a professional role model and demonstrate a proven track record in senior social work leadership and complex change across diverse social work and social care services, and evidence a commitment to the Integration of Health and Social Care.

The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership is made up of over 5,000 colleagues employed by both the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian who work in health centres, GP Practices, community hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and communities across the city.

Our vision is to deliver a caring, healthier, and safer Edinburgh. We want to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We will support people to be well at home, and in their community, for as long as possible.

We believe that people should only stay in hospital where there’s a medical need and we will do our best to get them home, or to a homely setting, as quickly as possible.

We value all the people who work within our Partnership. We can offer a wide range of employee benefits https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/candidateportal/myrewards.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Nikki Conway via email to arrange this – nikki.conway@edinburgh.gov.uk.

Partnership, Website - www.edinburghhsc.scot

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates 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 the City of Edinburgh Council.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.

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