Are you a highly motivated and experienced Social Worker passionate about safeguarding children and promoting the well-being of families? We are seeking a dedicated professional to join a dynamic Children and Families Social Work team in Edinburgh.
This is a challenging and highly rewarding role where you will manage a high volume of complex and high-risk child protection assessments and casework, making a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children and their families in the city.
If you possess exceptional assessment skills, a robust knowledge of relevant legislation, and the resilience to manage demanding cases, we encourage you to apply and contribute to the commitment to providing excellent social work services.
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.
Key Responsibilities and Role Focus
This is a demanding, high-impact role requiring significant experience in child protection. Your primary focus will be:
- High-Volume Assessment: Carrying out a high volume of timely, thorough, and analytical Child Protection Assessments across diverse family structures and circumstances.
- Complex Casework Management: Managing a challenging caseload that includes complex and high-risk child protection cases, from initial referral through to statutory intervention and review.
- Court Work: Preparing and presenting comprehensive reports for Children's Hearings and Sheriff Court, and providing expert testimony as required.
- Risk Management: Conducting precise and evidence-based risk assessments and implementing robust safety plans to protect children from harm.
- Multi-Agency Collaboration: Working closely with Police Scotland, Health colleagues, education providers, and third-sector agencies to coordinate effective, multi-disciplinary interventions.
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.
