Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Project Worker 3 (Social Worker)

Location: Barnardo's Parenting Capacity Assessment Service (PCAS), Lennoxtown
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.00
Salary: Starting Salary Circa - £27,814 - £33,358
Closing Date: 21 June 2021
Interview Date: tbc

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Barnardo's, East Dunbartonshire/Greater Glasgow

The Parenting Capacity Assessment Service will work across the whole of the East Dunbartonshire local authority area.  The Service has developed an assessment framework that is applied over a 16 week period with the purpose of assisting the social work department in long term decision making for children, where there is a significant concern regarding the parents capacity to meet the child's/children's needs.

We are looking to recruit a Project Worker with the following criteria to join our service:

• A qualification in Social Work e.g. Diploma, CQSW (or equivalent)
• A post-qualifying Certificate in Child Welfare & Protection Studies, and if not, a willingness to undertake this course
• Knowledge/skills and experience of working with children and families with a range of complex needs and issues including child protection.
• Experience of working in partnership with a range of agencies.

Please see the attached role profile and additional information sheet . For an informal chat about this post, please contact Daljeet Dagon on 0141 243 2393.

Please note application packs are NOT available on this number.  They must be completed on the website.

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

Full details and application documents here