PrePare Family Practitioner - Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre - 14403_1778572700

PrePare Family Practitioner
Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre

Salary: £34,452 - £40,501 (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: 18 per week

The post-holder will undertake the full range of duties working with children who need protection, are Looked After or are children in need, with their families/carers. They will work in a strengths based and restorative ways to get alongside children, families and carers, to build positive relationships, identify outcomes they need to keep children safe and put in place plans which improve wellbeing for children and their families/carers.

The post is located in the PrePare Team, a multi-disciplinary team in partnership with NHS Lothian, Health and Social Care and Communities and Families. The aim is to work with families who have been affected by addiction during pregnancy and within the child's first two years. The post is based in Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre, however the service is provided city wide and therefore ability to travel city wide is required.

To discuss the post further, please contact Susie.Fairweather@edinburgh.gov.uk or .

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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