Job Details
Location: Stonehouse Hospital
Hours: 35 hours per week, permanent
Salary: £37,702 – £38,779 per annum
Responsibilities
- Co‑ordinate active AWI cases, ensuring timely communication with families, carers and private law firms in line with AWI procedures and best practice
- Provide support to the Hospital Discharge Mental Health Officer
- Update and maintain records over multiple platforms such as Liquid Logic and Microsoft Excel
- Work with adults aged 16 years and older who have a range of health and social needs
- Complete holistic risk and needs assessment, develop care support plans, review existing plans and support duty work under the supervision of the Operations Manager
- Participate in the duty rota
Qualifications and Experience
- Highly motivated, organised, willing to learn
- Experience working with vulnerable groups in the community
- Willingness to be involved in statutory checks such as the PVG Scheme and, if applicable, an overseas criminal records check
- Applies to the essential criteria outlined in the job profile
Legal and Disclosure Requirements
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020.
This post is a regulated role involving adults, subject to the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Applicants must not be barred from working with adults.
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.
Applicants born outside the UK or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past ten years must obtain an overseas criminal records check, translated into English, with a statement confirming no pending criminal record proceedings.
Equal Opportunities and Inclusion
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. We welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under‑represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care‑experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, we guarantee an interview to service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists who meet the essential criteria.
Benefits
- Enrolment in award‑winning local government pension scheme
- Option to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme to increase pension pot
- Up to 33 days annual leave
- Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
- Occupational sick pay
- Family‑friendly policies – flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave
- Employee discounts, including cinema discounts
- Range of benefits to support well‑being, including Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program
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