Permanent Social Worker

Post Title: Social Worker (Family Team) - 4 posts Permanent Provide a Social Work Service to children, families and other carers. This will include services to looked after children and those on the Child Protection Register. Provide such services as required as a member of a local Family Team, in the context of the Highland Practice Model. The Family Team is multi-disciplinary and provides universal and additional health, social care and child protection services. Please APPLY ONLINE . If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions team T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above. The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce. As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post. Registration with the Scottish Social Services Council on the ‘Social Worker’ part of the Register and as such hold a qualification that is recognised by the SSSC as being equivalent to the Diploma in Social Work (DipSW). You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the Service. “As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years. Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.”