SWRK 4166 - G3 Team Leader (JIIT) (608164)

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ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 9 April 2026 at 11:59pm

Location: Blantyre Police Station
Hours: 17.5hrs per week, permanent
Salary / Hourly Rate: £26,196 - £26,588
 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated and experienced Social Work professional to join the Joint Investigative Interview (JII) Team as a Team Leader within South Lanarkshire Council’s Children and Justice Service on a part-time basis. 

The Lanarkshire JII Team brings together Social Work and Police Staff from South Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire Councils, and Police Scotland.

The Lanarkshire JII Team is co‑located at Blantyre Police Office and operates in partnership with Police Scotland and North Lanarkshire Council to support high‑quality Joint Investigative Interviews under the Scottish Child Interview Model (SCIM).

As Team Leader, you will provide leadership, operational oversight and professional guidance to a team of specially trained interviewers. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that all Joint Investigative Interviews are delivered to a high standard, with a trauma‑informed, child‑centred and evidence‑based approach, in line with national legislation, policy and guidance.

What will you be doing?

You will work closely with colleagues at Police Scotland to ensure that Joint Investigative Interviews are well planned, effectively briefed and debriefed, and aligned with the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading day‑to‑day decision‑making and oversight of JII activity, ensuring interviews are allocated and progressed without delay. 

• Providing professional supervision, coaching and support to interviewers, and identifying learning needs to support ongoing CPD and access to the national SCIM training pathway. 

• Ensuring the quality assurance of interviews conducted jointly by Social Work and Police Scotland, supporting consistency of practice. 

• Overseeing robust briefing and debriefing processes, ensuring risks, rationale, decisions and next steps are recorded clearly. 

• Promoting effective multi‑agency communication across Police Scotland, COPFS, Children’s Reporter, health, education and third‑sector partners

• Ensuring accurate case recording, management information and performance reporting. 

• Contributing to service planning, audit, and quality assurance. 

This is a leadership role that requires you to work flexibly, respond to emerging priorities and adopt a proactive, collaborative approach to supporting child protection activity. Occasional out‑of‑hours participation may be required. 

About You

You will be an experienced and confident Social Work professional, registered with the Scottish Social Services Council, and qualified to degree/diploma level in Social Work. 

You will bring substantial post‑qualifying experience within statutory children and justice services, including involvement in child protection work. 

You will be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the Scottish Child Interview Model, trauma‑informed practice and evidence‑based interviewing approaches. 

You will have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

You will demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively within a multi‑agency environment. 

You will have proven leadership qualities, with the ability to motivate, support and supervise staff.

View the Team Leader job profile.

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

Equal Opportunities and Inclusion statement

The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position.

As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM.

To be considered for this vacancy you must complete the application form.  All CV submissions will be disregarded.