Social Worker (Family Team) (35hpw) (2 Posts) (Fixed Term for 12 months), Caithness House, Wick

Job Description

Post Title: Social Worker (Family Team) (2 Posts)
Location: Caithness House, Wick (Hybrid 60/40)
Hours: 35 Hours Per Week
Duration: Fixed term for 12 months
Salary: £46,155 - £49,959 per annum

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Angela Echavarren Email: angela.echavarren@highland.gov.uk

Permanence & Assessment Social Workers
We’re looking for passionate and experienced social workers to join our team, playing a vital role in shaping brighter futures for children and young people in Highland Council’s care.

In this rewarding role, you will undertake high-quality assessments, including Child’s Adoption and Permanence Reports (CAPRs) and supporting documentation, for children and young people who may be living across Scotland. Your work will directly contribute to securing safe, stable, and loving “forever families.”

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term opportunity, offered on a homeworking basis. You’ll be part of a committed and supportive team, making a real difference by helping Highland’s children and young people achieve the permanence they deserve.

Job Purpose: Provide a Social Work Service to children, families, and other carers. This will include services to looked after children and those on the Child Protection Register.

Provide such services as required as a member of a local Family Team, in the context of the Highland Practice Model. The Family Team is multi-disciplinary and provides universal and additional health, social care, and child protection services.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions by email: recruitment.enquiries@highland.gov.uk.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council on the ‘Social Worker’ part of the Register and as such hold a qualification that is recognised by the SSSC as being equivalent to the Diploma in Social Work (DipSW).

You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the Service.

This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria:
• You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland.
• You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years.
Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.