Are you a passionate and dedicated Social Worker looking for a new opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives?
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Social Worker to join our team based in the picturesque town of Duns, Scottish Borders. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a supportive community and work within a dynamic and forward-thinking social work service.
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 in Duns, you will be responsible for a varied caseload, undertaking comprehensive social work assessments, and developing person-centred care plans. Your key duties will include:
- Adult Support and Protection (ASP): Leading on adult support and protection inquiries, investigations, and interventions, ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable adults.
- Adults with Incapacity (AWI): Applying the principles of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, undertaking assessments of capacity, and supporting applications for welfare and financial guardianship, intervention orders, and other relevant legal frameworks.
- Social Work Assessments: Conducting holistic and robust social work assessments across a range of presenting needs, including risk assessments, care needs assessments, and assessments for self-directed support.
- Duty Responsibilities: Participating in the duty rota, responding to urgent referrals, and providing immediate support and advice to individuals and families in crisis.
- Working collaboratively with multi-agency partners, including health, police, housing, and third-sector organisations, to ensure integrated and effective service delivery.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date case records in line with professional standards and organisational policies.
- Actively participating in supervision, training, and continuous professional development opportunities.
Qualifications and Skills:
- A recognised Social Work qualification (e.g., BA/MA in Social Work, DipSW).
- Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as a Social Worker.
- A full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Demonstrable post-qualifying experience in a social work setting, with a strong understanding of ASP and AWI legislation and practice.
- Proven experience in undertaking comprehensive social work assessments and formulating care plans.
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.
