Social Worker (2)

Published by Angus Council

Ref: ANG06405 Published date: 13/10/2026 Closing date: 01/11/2026

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Location:: Bruce House, Arbroath

Salary:: £22,321.00 - £49,312.00

Contract type:: Permanent

Position type:: Part Time

Hours:: 18.5 hours

Categories:: Social Services / Housing / Childcare; Children's Social Work

Job Description

Based at Bruce House, Wellgate, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 3 - Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations including working from council buildings and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

There are two positions available.

36.25 hours per week, permanent (one position).

18.5 hours per week, temporary for up to 23 months from date of appointment (one position).

We are seeking two passionate and committed Social Workers to join our Children with Disabilities Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with children and young people with complex needs and disabilities, supporting them and their families to achieve positive outcomes and live fulfilling lives.

As a member of our team, you will play a key role in promoting the wellbeing, safety and rights of children and young people while working in partnership with families, education, health colleagues and a range of multi-agency professionals.

You will be asked to indicate on your application form which position/s you are applying for.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis for the temporary position will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager / organisation.

Please note interviews will be held week commencing Monday, 16 November 2026.

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 these jobs.

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, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.