Social Worker - Children and Families - ERN05954
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £43,228.00 to £46,991.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | Barrhead, G78 1SY |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | East Renfrewshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ERN05954 |
Summary
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East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership is committed to providing relationship-based interventions for our families and communities.
We are seeking passionate, dedicated and motivated Social Workers to join our Children and Families community team. In East Renfrewshire we pride ourselves on our ‘Signs of Safety’ strength-based approach to assessment and intervention and our commitment to relationship-based practice and participation.
If you want to join our committed and supportive team, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from qualified social workers with all types of experience. Whether you have been qualified for a number of years and are keen on a new challenge or are newly qualified and are bringing skills and experiences from your own life and learning. We know it takes different skills and knowledge to build great teams, genuine relationships and foster values that are aligned to authentic co-production.
If you have a passion for direct work with families and are keen to join us, then we want to hear from you.
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children and protected adults. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.
If you are not currently registered with SSSC you will commence employment as a Social Work Assistant (Grade 7 - £30,932 to £33,231) until full registration is obtained.
This post requires Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration. You must currently have registration or eligibility to apply from commencement of employment (you must apply to register within the first 3 months of employment to ensure registration is complete within 6 months of starting in your role).
Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work
Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.
As an employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our employees.
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