Professional Social Work Adviser
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £57,701 to £71,942 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | EH6 6QQ |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Scottish Government |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 2025 |
Summary
This is Fixed Term Appointment opportunity for 23 months with the option for Secondment if preferred.
Are you a qualified and registered social worker with significant experience in public protection and children and families social work?
We are inviting applications for a professional adviser role to provide policy support and professional advice to the Scottish Government Child Protection, Bairns’ Hoose and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Children Care and Accommodation Development Units. We are looking for an individual who can identify key issues and liaise with stakeholders to articulate solutions that are workable, and in keeping with social work values and principles.
The three Units drive delivery of work on a number of high profile and politically sensitive child protection policy areas, working in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of Ministerial and stakeholder engagement. You will provide social work input and advice across the unit’s work, and collaborate with policy and professional leads to identify linkages, risks and opportunities across policy developments including The Promise, Age of Criminal Responsibility, Joint Investigative Interviewing and UNCRC.
Applicants should have experience of policy development and implementation and be confident operating at a national level. We are looking for an individual who can identify key issues and liaise with stakeholders to articulate solutions that are workable, and in keeping with social work values and principles.
Are you a qualified and registered social worker with significant experience in public protection and children and families social work?
We are inviting applications for a professional adviser role to provide policy support and professional advice to the Scottish Government Child Protection, Bairns’ Hoose and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Children Care and Accommodation Development Units. We are looking for an individual who can identify key issues and liaise with stakeholders to articulate solutions that are workable, and in keeping with social work values and principles.
The three Units drive delivery of work on a number of high profile and politically sensitive child protection policy areas, working in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of Ministerial and stakeholder engagement. You will provide social work input and advice across the unit’s work, and collaborate with policy and professional leads to identify linkages, risks and opportunities across policy developments including The Promise, Age of Criminal Responsibility, Joint Investigative Interviewing and UNCRC.
Applicants should have experience of policy development and implementation and be confident operating at a national level. We are looking for an individual who can identify key issues and liaise with stakeholders to articulate solutions that are workable, and in keeping with social work values and principles.