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ABERDEEN CITY COUNCILJOB PROFILE

1 Job Details

Job Title: Social Worker

Job Profile No:

Directorate: Social Care and Wellbeing

Service: Integrated Alcohol Service or Integrated Drugs Service

Grade: G!

"ersion Date: August #$#

2 Job Purpose

To deliver a statutor% social &ork'care (anage(ent service to individuals &ithsubstance (isuse )roble(s as )art of an Integrated Alcohol Service *IAS+ orIntegrated Drugs Service *IDS+,

3 Reporti! Relatios"ipsService -anager

.Senior Social Worker

.#o$ial %or&er '

( Out$o)es

T"e post "ol*er +ill be e,pe$te* to-

/ndertake a co()rehensive assess(ent of need0 risk assess(ent0 risk

(anage(ent )lan0 care )lan0 revie& and (onitor care )lan addressing theneeds of service users0 carers and their fa(ilies

Develo) kno&ledge of resources0 both locall% and nationall% that allo&s the

co((issioning of a))ro)riate resources according to assessed service usergoals and needs and be accountable for all e1)enditure and )urchasing ofservices &ithin budgetar% controls and (onitor and revie& as re2uired

3nsure the )rotection of children and adults at risk and adhere to and

undertake all statutor% duties as re2uired b% current legislation0 national andlocal )olicies and guidelines

Produce all relevant re)orts and (aintain both electronic and &ritten case and

ad(inistrative records in accordance &ith Aberdeen Cit% Council )olicies Partici)ate in individual0 tea(0 including (ulti4disci)linar% tea( and service

develo)(ent

3nsure continuous )rofessional develo)(ent and (aintain SSSC registration

. /o+le*!e

T"e post "ol*er ee*s to be able to *e)ostrate a u*ersta*i! ore,perie$e o0-

National and local )ractice0 )olic%0 )rocedures and legislation relevant to the

)ost Adult Protection and Child Protection

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Anti4discri(inator% )ractice

Working directl% &ith service users &ith (ental health issues0 this (a% include

)eo)le &ith co4occurring substance (isuse and other disorders0 their fa(iliesand carers

ITC s%ste(s and office )rocedures including ad(inistration )ackages for

re)orting and recording

Job spe$i0i$ s&ills a* $o)pete$ies

T"e post "ol*er is e,pe$te* to *e)ostrate-

Abilit% to relate to0 co((unicate and &ork &ith a &ide range of )rofessionals0

service users and carers

Abilit% to (anage risk

Intervie&ing and investigation skills

Assess(ent skills *including finance+

Abilit% to (anage constant and often conflicting de(ands

Abilit% to (ake decisions and take res)onsibilit% for o&n )ractice0 seekingadvice and su))ort as necessar%

Abilit% to organise and (anage o&n &orkload in the conte1t of the de(ands of

a (ulti4disci)linar% tea(

Abilit% to (aintain an outco(e and recover% focus

Counselling and su))ort skills

Or!aisatioal Be"aiours

T"e post "ol*er is e,pe$te* to *ispla4 t"e 0ollo+i! be"aiours-

Creatiit4 a* ioatio

5inding different &a%s of thinking and doing

5otiati! a* ispiri! ot"ers

Su))orting others to be the best the% can be

E)po+eri! ot"ers

3nabling )eo)le to develo) and use their leadershi) ca)acit%

#el0 lea*ers"ip

6ecognising0 e1ercising and i()roving %our o&n leadershi)

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Positive )lans for the &a% ahead

Collaborati! a* i0lue$i!

7eading in )artnershi) and taking others &ith %ou

7 Re8uire)ets o0 t"e Job

T"e post "ol*er ee*s to "ol* as a )ii)u)- Professional Social Work 8ualification *9A Social Work 2ualification or

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e2uivalent Di)SW0 C8SW+

SSSC 6egistration

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T"e post "ol*er +ill be e,pe$te* to-

Travel as re2uired in relation to the needs of the service

Work in accordance &ith Adult0 Child and Public Protection )rinci)les and

)rocedures

-aintain SSSC registration

Adhere to the re2uire(ents of the SSSC code of )ractice0 council )olic% and

)rocedures and health and safet% )olicies and legislation

9 Deelop)et

T"e post "ol*er )ust "ae u*erta&e or be $o))itte* to u*erta&i! t"e0ollo+i! +it"i a spe$i0ie* perio*-

Adult Su))ort and Protection training u) to level *Council ;fficer+

Training in relevant legislation to (eet the re2uire(ents of the )ost

Carefirst

;nline interactive learning0 including< 5or =our 3%es ;nl% *ICT securit%+0

Protecting Children0 Data Protection