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Social Care Officer - DEE05994

Posting date:	16 May 2025
Salary:	£13,755.00 to £32,084.00 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	01 June 2025
Location:	Dundee, DD2 3PT
Company:	Dundee City Council
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	DEE05994

Summary

Job Description

As part of Children and Families service you will be based at Millview Cottage, working with children with complex trauma, who need nurturing and care to live their full lives.

You will work full or part time, 37 or 18.5 hours per week across a 10-week rota.

Please indicate on application your preference.

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please contact Jackie Dowall on 01382 432585 or email jackie.dowall@dundeecity.gov.uk.

Requirements

You will have 3 National 4s, or equivalent, and the ability to undertake relevant HNC and SVQ3 and any other relevant qualification which provides evidence of academic achievement equivalent to, or above, SCQF Level 7.

Responsibilities

You will assist in the creation and maintenance of a high-quality care environment underpinned by Trauma Informed practice and Nurturing approaches all underpinned by Solihull practices, in which children and young people are offered safety and security to grow.

You will help children and young people to make use of services and information as appropriate to their full advantage and to assist in the promotion of effective communication by and with children and young people to this end.

The Individual

You will have experience and understanding of working collaboratively with children and young people and their families and carers. You will have understanding the emotional practical and social care needs of young people.

You will require to have trauma informed knowledge and use trauma informed responses to inform care planning and de-escalation.

You will have an understanding of young people’s needs, the issues affecting them as individuals and the issues affecting them in a group living setting. You will be committed to high standards of care for children and young people. You will be able to undertake CALM procedures. You will have effective communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be self-motivated and self-reliant. You will have experience of working effectively in a team.

You will have ability to work a three shift system including waking nights. You will have ability to be registered with the Scottish Social Services Council within a specified timescale.

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

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