Practice Development Co-ordinator

Job Description

Contribute to the work of the Protection and Learning Team with a specific focus on co-ordinating the delivery of workforce development needs of Public Protection agendas ensuring an integrated approach to the delivery of programmes that support the Child and Adult Protection Committees, Alcohol and Drugs Partnership/ and Violence Against Women Partnership agendas.

This post will support practice learning agendas, as a Practice Educator in supporting Social Work Student placements and, more widely in supporting the implementation of the Newly Qualified Social Worker Supported (NQSW) 1^st Year in Qualified Practice programme from October 2024.  This is initially a temporary addition to existing practice learning resources in East Ayrshire in recognition of the changes to Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration and Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) requirements which come into place from June 2024.  The post-holder will work alongside the existing Practice Development Co-ordinator (Practice Learning) in reviewing our current NQSW Development Programme to align this with the requirements of moving to a national ‘NQSW Supported Year’ from October 2024 and, in considering the requirements of CPL against the 8 Core Elements for NQSW and associated mandatory training requirements within the first year of qualified practice. 

For further information on this post or informal enquires please contact:  Ann Marie McKenna Practice Development Manager on 0782 447 3389.

Requirements

The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Council.

Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

 

Employment References

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Additional Information

This is a full time temporary post based within Children's HC & JS, Learning Team.

Current EAC employees can express interest in this post on a secondment basis

The post is temporary until 31/10/2025

Annual Salary - £42,843 - £45,445

The workstyle for this ‘Flexible’ - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations.

You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.

The admin base for this post is The Johnnie Walker Bond, Kilmarnock. 

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