Social Worker - Children & Families - ERN06738

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DEPARTMENT:

Health & Social Care Partnership

JOB TITLE:

Social Worker

JOB STATUS:

Full Time

DURATION:

Permanent

NUMBER OF VACANCIES:

3

GRADE:

10

HOURLY RATE:

£23.95 - £26.65

ANNUAL SALARY:

£43,706 - £48,633

HOURS PER WEEK:

35

LOCATION:

Barrhead Council Offices

 

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East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership is committed to delivering focused, relationship-based interventions for our families and communities. We are recruiting motivated social workers with varied experience for a range of posts promoting a strengths-based, family-minded approach. Our aim is to deliver excellent services for children, young people and their families.

Several posts are available in our children and families community team, supporting children, young people and families. This includes children looked after at home or away from home, children subject to child protection and children affected by disability.

We also have posts in our intensive services. Our Intensive Family Support Team works with families from the pre-birth stage until children reach age 12. The team provides intensive support to help children remain at home. When this is not possible, the team works with community team colleagues on assessment and intervention. Our Youth Intensive Services Team supports young people up to the age of 26.

If you have a passion for direct work with families and are keen join us as we strive to deliver Scotland’s Promise then we want to hear from you.

In East Renfrewshire we pride ourselves on our ‘Signs of Safety’ Strength based approach to assessment and intervention and our commitment to meaningful participation with our families, ensuring that relationships are always at our heart. We always aim to balance family’s strengths and work together to decrease risks and worries with solution focused family-owned plans. If you want to join one of our dedicated and supportive teams, we would love to hear from you. Applications are welcome from qualified social workers with all types of experiences.

Whether you have been qualified for a number of years and keen for a new challenge or you are newly qualified and are bringing skills and experiences from your own life and learning. It takes many different skills and knowledge to build great teams, genuine relationships and values that are aligned to authentic co-production.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children and protected adults.  In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.     

If you are not currently registered with SSSC you will commence employment as a Social Work Assistant (Grade 7 - £

32,008 to £34,399) until full registration is obtained.

This post requires Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration. You must currently have registration or eligibility to apply from commencement of employment (you must apply to register within the first 3 months of employment to ensure registration is complete within 6 months of starting in your role).

Recruitment Dates

Closing date for applications: midnight on Sunday 22 November 2026

Shortleet date:       Tuesday 24 November 2026

Interview date:       Tuesday 08 December 2026

If you would like an informal discussion about a post, please contact Ruth Gorman, Service Manager on 0141-577-8300

 (No agencies please)

Additional Information

For details of our employment policies and terms and conditions, please visit our Council Careers page

https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/careers

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences.  Further information can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note – East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

References – during your application form completion you must provide details of a minimum of 2 referees, 1 of which should be your most recent or current employer.  It is also a requirement that the referees are your previous/current managers and are not the details of work colleagues operating at the same level as you or personal referees.  Please note only work email addresses for referees will be accepted.  Please contact

hrdirect@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk with any questions.

Employability Support – Work East Ren

– For further support on completing job applications, East Renfrewshire residents can access free support from our employability team Work East Ren.  They can also provide general support with other employability matters.  Please contact Work East Ren on 0141 577 8438, email 

worker@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or visit the website 

https://www.workeastren.co.uk/

Use of AI in applications

– Please fill out the application using your own words, based on your own experiences. We value authenticity and are genuinely interested in reading candidates’ personally written applications. We therefore ask that candidates do not use AI tools to complete recruitment application forms. Where an application appears to have been AI generated it may result in your application not being considered.