Senior Social Care Officer - ANG05380

Job Description

Based at Seaton Grove, Seaton Road, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 1.

Most of the employee's time is spent undertaking the direct delivery of front-line services work e.g. Waste Operatives, Social Care Officers.

There may be a limited requirement to access a specific council location during the course of the working week.

Seaton Grove is a residential care centre providing support to 40 permanent residents and 8 short stay respite places.

The management team is made up of the manager and 4 senior social care officers who share a duty rota.

Each member of the management team carries responsibility to manage all staff groups and are delegated responsibility to provide supervision and appraisal to individual staff members.

The management team are responsible for the accommodation and care service provided to service users, and ensuring that service standards are achieved, including consultation and involvement of service users in all aspects of their care.

The senior social care officer on duty is responsible for the unit in the manager’s absence.

Please note interviews will be held - 6 January 2025.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.