Are you a passionate Social Worker looking to make a tangible difference in the lives of children and families? We are currently seeking a dedicated professional to join a high-performing team in Midlothian.
This role offers a unique blend of fast-paced duty work and long-term relationship-based practice. You will be at the forefront of safeguarding, ensuring that children in the Midlothian area receive the support and protection they need to thrive.
Benefits of our brilliant rewards package include:
... - Flexible Hours: Control your work hours and choose assignments that fit your lifestyle.
- Competitive Pay Rates: We offer highly competitive remuneration for each placement.
- Professional Development: Opportunities to work across various departments, enhancing your skills and broadening your expertise.
- Free training: Keep up to date with your Continuous Professional Development.
- Pension Scheme: Contributory pension.
- Referral Bonus: Receive £300 in vouchers (subject to Ts and Cs).
- Weekly payroll: Randstad runs a twice weekly payroll, enabling you to control your finances by receiving weekly pay.
- Dedicated Support: Our team is here to assist you at every step, from onboarding through the entirety of your placement. We can even help with sourcing accommodation and travel, if required.
The Role
As a Social Worker within the Children and Families team, your time will be split between managing a settled caseload and participating in the duty rota. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Initial Assessments: Responding to new referrals and conducting robust holistic assessments.
- Caseload Management: Managing a varied caseload involving Child Protection, Children in Need, and Looked After Children.
- Intervention: Developing and implementing effective care plans to support family preservation or alternative permanence.
- Collaboration: Working closely with schools, health professionals, and the police to provide a multi-agency approach to safety.
- Court Work: Preparing reports and attending Children's Hearings or Court proceedings where necessary.
Qualifications and Skills:
- A degree in Social Work or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
- Current SSSC registration as a social worker.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience: Significant post-qualification experience in a statutory Children and Families setting, with a proven track record of managing complex child protection caseloads.
- Legal Knowledge: Expert-level knowledge of relevant Scottish legislation, including the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
- Assessment Skills: Exceptional ability to gather, analyse, and synthesise complex information under pressure to inform professional judgments.
- Resilience: Demonstrated emotional resilience and ability to maintain professional effectiveness when dealing with highly distressing and challenging situations.
This could be the perfect position in which to realise your career goals.
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Do you have some more questions regarding this or any other role?
If you are interested in discussing the position further, please contact Leah Rowley on 0131 240 0887 or email for a confidential discussion. If you are happy to move forward with the process and are successful to be put forward for this role, a conversation can also be arranged with the Manager to discuss the details about the position further. This gives you the opportunity to ask more questions and to assess if this is the right role for you.
Being a preferred supplier to numerous local authorities and NHS trusts, we can give you access to a wide range of vacancies.
Are you thinking about a change in your career? Whether you are an existing locum or you are new to the locum market and are exploring your options, we have opportunities that are exciting, well paid and flexible.
I have over 21 years experience recruiting within the healthcare market. If this particular role does not sound quite right for you, we have a wide selection of roles across the country that may not be advertised. We are also able to source a particular role to suit your requirements, so whether you work with children or adults in any particular speciality, please get in touch to see how we can support you!
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.
