Ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where you can truly shape adult social care?
Randstad is looking for an inspiring, resilient, and highly skilled Senior Social Worker to provide professional leadership and supervision to a dedicated adult services team.
If you are a registered Social Worker with proven management experience, a deep understanding of statutory frameworks, and a passion for driving innovative, person-centered practice, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. You will lead a team of up to 8 Full-Time Equivalent staff-including Social Workers and Community Care Assistants-fostering an environment that champions the Home First and Three Conversations models.
Why You'll Want to Lead This Team
- Drive True Innovation: Be at the forefront of embedding the Three Conversations model of engagement, transforming how the partnership supports individuals.
- Autonomy & Influence: Act as a key decision-maker, manage a team budget, authorize resources, and represent the social work service on planning and management boards.
- Comprehensive Leadership: From recruitment and annual conversations to performance improvement and direct professional supervision, you will genuinely shape the culture and capability of your team.
- The Randstad Experience: Benefit from a seamless onboarding process, dedicated consultant support, and competitive pay rates reflective of your senior expertise.
What You'll Be Doing (Key Activities)
- Professional Supervision & Management: Provide robust 1-to-1 supervision, support training needs, manage absence and performance, and lead recruitment for your team.
- Practice Leadership & Decision Making: Guide staff through complex legal and eligibility frameworks, taking ultimate responsibility for decisions around Adult Support and Protection (ASP) and Adults with Incapacity.
- Resource & Capacity Management: Manage capacity and demand, allocate cases efficiently using internal office systems, and collaborate with integrated teams to maximize resources.
- Quality & Accountability: Monitor and audit case quality using recognized improvement methods, handle service inquiries or complaints, and deputize for senior managers when required.
What We Need From You (The Requirements)
This is a statutory leadership post requiring a high level of emotional resilience, quick problem-solving skills, and the confidence to navigate conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Professional Registration: Must hold registered social worker status with the SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council).
- Leadership Experience: Proven track record in a supervisory or management capacity within a statutory adult social care setting.
- Legislative Expertise: Deep, working knowledge of adult support and protection, child protection, risk management, and associated legislative frameworks.
- Outstanding Communication: The ability to understand highly complex situations and articulate them clearly, alongside the emotional intelligence to navigate difficult conversations with service users or families.
- Adaptability: Comfort working across varied environments (office, hospital, care home, or conducting home visits) and a commitment to personal safety and lone-working procedures.
Shape the Future of Care. Apply Today!
This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior practitioner ready to influence practice standards and support a dedicated team on an integrated basis.
Take the Next Step: Click the apply button to submit your CV directly to the Randstad team, or reach out to us for a confidential discussion about this leadership role.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
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