Social Worker (Barlinnie Prison) - GLA12485
| Posting date: | 06 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £41,658.53 to £48,338.60 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2024 |
| Location: | Glasgow North East, G33 2QX |
| Company: | GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | GLA12485 |
Summary
Job Description
Social work services in HMP Barlinnie are provided by Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership (GHSCP) and funded by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The role of the prison based social worker at Barlinnie has a key role in the delivery of the justice statutory social work function. They have responsibility for: • Delivering a Statutory Social Work service with a prison based context and associated tasks in line with National Outcomes and Standards • Risk assessments and other tasks associated with case planning for short and long-term prisoners who would be subject on release to statutory supervision in the community • Risk assessments and associated tasks in the management of prisoners convicted of schedule 1 offences; • provision of a duty service; • delivery of one-to-one offence-focused interventions This is a permanent post with a temporary location.Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme & SSSC will be essential on taking up appointment. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Checks.
These posts are excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended).
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Further Information
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