SWRK 4333 - G2 Social Work Assistant (609868)

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by Sunday 3 May 2026 at 11:55pm

Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process.   If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: South Vennel, Lanark
Hours: 35hrs per week, permanent
Salary / Hourly Rate: £37,702 - £38,779

South Lanarkshire Council is an ambitious, high performing organisation with a clear vision and programme of action which is designed to improve the lives and prospects of everyone in South Lanarkshire.

The aim of Social Work Resources is to promote social welfare and provide effective care and support to meet the needs of vulnerable people in South Lanarkshire.

In partnership with community planning partners, voluntary and independent provider organisations, we offer a range of services designed to enable, support, improve and protect the health and social care of people using our services.

As one of the largest services provided by the Council and the South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, the Care at Home service plays a critical role in enabling individuals to remain at home in a way that promotes their wellbeing, dignity, privacy, respect and personal choices.

South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership alongside it’s commissioned Care and Home partners provide Care at Home services to over 3,000 service users every day.

The service is continuing an exciting programme of transformation. To support this work, we are looking to appoint a Social Work Assistants. As part of the Care at Home team, you will be responsible for ensuring the Council meets its statutory obligations, timely assessment and review of service users serves to mitigate risks to service users and ensures that their health and wellbeing needs are met and the services that they receive are appropriate to their needs.

As an employee, you would have access to the employee benefits that you would expect from one of Scotland’s largest Council’s.

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks.

View the Social Work Assistant job profile.

Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents.

Personal Statement and Motivation for Application

Please tell us about yourself and explain why you are applying for the role of Social Work Assistant.

In your response, include examples and information that demonstrate your suitability for the role. You may wish to cover:

• Your relevant work experience
• Any other activities that show your ability or aptitude to carry out the duties of this role
• Your key personal qualities and strengths
• Achievements, both work-related and outside of work
• Any voluntary or community-based experience
   

Multidisciplinary working

Please describe an achievement where you improved an outcome using a multidisciplinary approach.

In your response, please include:

• Your specific role and responsibilities in the situation
• How you worked with other professionals or agencies
• The actions you took to improve the outcome
• The impact of your actions, including what may have happened if you had not intervened

Risk Identification and Management

Please describe your understanding and experience of risk identification and management within a Care at Home service, including the role of a Social Work Assistant

In your response, please include:

• Your understanding of risk management in a Care at Home setting and the role of the Social work Assistant
• An example of a time you identified a risk to a service user
• What the concern was and why it was significant
• The actions you took to manage or reduce the risk
• The outcome and any learning from the situation

Supporting Outcomes and Experience through Communication and Expectation Management

Describe how you would assess and manage the expectations of care‑at‑home service users and their families, including:

• how you would communicate service limitations, 
• respond to concerns
• maintain excellent customer service

Person‑Centred Communication and Relationship Building

Describe how you would build positive, trusting relationships with service users and their families, including how you would tailor your communication to meet individual needs as well as how you would maintain professional boundaries while still providing compassionate and responsive care.

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 Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with Adults.

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 Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. 

We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans & Service leavers are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

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)