Social Worker (Permanent) (Full Time) - REN13799
- £45,369 to £47,705 per annum
- Grade 09
- Full Time
- Contact: Please see description
- Reference: REN13799
- Posted February, 04, 2026 12:00 AM
Advert Social Worker (Children and Families Initial Response Team) This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join Renfrewshire’s Children and Families Initial Response Team. The team is based within Renfrewshire House, Paisley, and provides …...
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Social Worker (Children and Families Initial Response Team)
This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join Renfrewshire’s Children and Families Initial Response Team. The team is based within Renfrewshire House, Paisley, and provides an authority wide initial/short term service to the children and young people who require this and are not already being provided with support from Social Work. You will have personal qualities, professional skills and knowledge which will be applied and tested in all aspects of service delivery within the busy Initial Response Team setting.
Main duties will include progressing initial, child’s planning and child protection assessments alongside short term case management, family interventions and recording and monitoring work using an electronic case recording system. As a Social Worker within the Initial Response Team, you will require to have already developed skills around time management and an understanding of developing and managing safe care plans alongside families for the children and young people who require this.
It is essential that you have a BA (Hons) in Social Work or equivalent; be registered with SSSC/newly qualified workers to achieve registration with SSSC within 6 months of taking up role, be committed to social work values; have effective interpersonal, communication, IT, assessment and writing skills; are able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative; and have a flexible approach.
Experience of working in a Child Care setting, experience of progressing assessments of need/risk and implementing GIRFEC principles within assessments and demonstratable knowledge around relevant legislation, procedures and guidelines within practice are also essential.
Post qualifying Social Work experience, experience working within a duty/initial response team setting post qualifying award in Practice Teaching or Child Protection and full current driving licence are desirable.
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
Please contact Janine Biglie, Social Work Senior Manager if you wish to discuss the above post further 0300 300 1199.
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