Social Work Assistant - ERN05948
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,932.00 to £33,231.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | Various Locations in East Renfrewshire Council Area, G46 6UG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | East Renfrewshire Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | ERN05948 |
Summary
Advert
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Initial Contact Team within the Health and Social Care Partnership, Adult Services. Working across East Renfrewshire you will be working within a multidisciplinary team responding to our residents’ health and social care concerns and queries. This will involve managing a caseload, screening, assessing, and reviewing individual cases in line with our Supporting People Framework, and ensuring individuals get access to all of the appropriate services available to them, their carer’s and families.
You will have a good understanding of the current health and social care landscape; self-directed support; the value of outcomes focussed supports for people to enable them to live in their communities and recognise the value of forming effective relationships with other professionals and agencies. This includes the importance of our third sector and community partnerships, and the key role they play in supporting individuals across East Renfrewshire.
We are a modern and ambitious Health and Social Care Partnership who are focussed on the people of East Renfrewshire achieving their full potential, regardless of any additional barriers.
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.
East Renfrewshire Council has launched a new 15 year Community Planning Partnership vision called ‘A Place to Grow’. Please follow this link https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/placetogrow to watch a video and read our full plan which sets out our shared hopes and aspirations between now and 2040 so that East Renfrewshire is a place where everyone can flourish, thrive and grow.
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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