Area Admin Support Worker

Service: Health and Social Care Partnership

Closing Date: Tuesday 27th October 2026

The Children and Families Social Work Admin Team in Bute & Cowal is seeking a well-organised and professional individual with excellent communication skills and proven experience in a social work environment. The successful candidate will be proficient in Microsoft 365 and committed to delivering high-quality administrative support to social workers, team managers, and service managers.

Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.

This position will, as part of the local admin team, oversee the provision of high quality admin support to the local Social Work team who deliver agreed outcomes for local families.

The main responsibilities of this role include oversight of:

• The Area Admin Team workloads and prioritisation of tasks
• Minute taking and meeting support
• Team Email mailbox enquiries
• Financial and budget processes and information
• Staff induction

Our vision is: to deliver efficiency, quality and consistency, with a staff group that is flexible, skilled and motivated and committed to achieving Social Work Outcomes.

Candidates for this role require to have:

• A good basic education
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft office applications
• Experience of office administration
• Understanding of confidentiality and data security

An internal system check undertaken in order to access Social Work databases.

Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.

We provide information to help with moving to the area, from finding somewhere to live to securing employment, and from schools and wider education to the varied lifestyles available here. If you have any enquiries, you’re welcome to get in touch with us at settlementproject@argyll-bute.gov.uk. If your enquiry is only about housing, you are welcome to contact workerhousing@argyll-bute.gov.uk directly.

We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.

Learn more here Argyll and Bute Employee Recognition Programme, Disability Confident, Armed Forces, Fair Work First Statement, Equality and Fairness, Climate Change, Hybrid and Flexible Working Policy

Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.

Applicants should note that:-

• Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
• This post is not suitable for job share.
• The salary shown is the full-time equivalent salary, the actual salary will be paid pro rata for the hours worked.
• The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013, as amended, applies to this post.
• This is a temporary post which may be filled on a secondment basis by an employee wishing to gain experience/career development and will be at the discretion of the employee’s Third Tier Manager. If you wish to apply for this post as a secondment, please refer to the secondment guidance.
• The Council holds a UK Skilled Worker sponsorship licence; however, this role does not meet the Home Office criteria for sponsorship. Applicants must therefore already have the right to work in the UK.

To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page. 

If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description please contact the recruiting manager, who is:

Lisa Ly, Area Admin Officer - Bute & Cowal

Telephone Number: 01369 708693

Email Address: Lisa.Ly@argyll-bute.gov.uk

Please note that you cannot apply for this vacancy by contacting the recruiting manager, applications must be made by clicking on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.  

Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.  

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy