Senior Social Worker - Council HQ

Job Details

Grade: 9A

Salary: £45,153.19 - £48,766.68 per annum

Hours: 35

Contract Duration:  Permanent

 

Role Purpose

Do you believe every child deserves the opportunity to grow up in a safe, stable and loving family? Scottish Borders Council is looking for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Social Worker to join our Family Placement Team and help shape the lives of children and young people through fostering, adoption and permanence planning.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will play a key role in recruiting, assessing and supporting foster carers and adopters, promoting high-quality family placements and ensuring children's needs remain at the centre of all decision-making. Alongside holding a complex caseload, you will provide professional guidance, supervision and support to colleagues, helping to develop practice and maintain high standards across the service. The successful candidate will bring energy, compassion and professional curiosity to the role, helping to develop and sustain family-based care options that enable children and young people to flourish. We are looking for someone who is passionate about relationship-based practice, committed to The Promise and dedicated to helping children achieve the stability, belonging and lifelong relationships they need to thrive. If you are ready to make a lasting difference for children and families, we would love to hear from you.

At Scottish Borders Council, we value diversity and recognise that flexibility helps people thrive at work. We welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements and encourage applications from individuals seeking greater flexibility in how they work.

Essential

CCETSW approved qualifications in Social Work e.g. Dip SW/CQSW/CSS or equivalent

Registration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

A current driving licence and use of a vehicle is an essential requirement of this post.

* If you have a disability which precludes you from holding a drivers licence, Scottish Borders Council will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability. Should it be possible to make such an adjustment in order that you can undertake the travel responsibilities of the post, this will be taken into account in consideration for this role.

 

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries may be made to Lorraine Ditcham by telephone on 01896662799 or by email at lditcham@scotborders.gov.uk.

Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.

Scottish Borders Council is committed to providing support for Armed Forces Veterans. Showing its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, the Council guarantees an interview to veterans who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.