SWRK 5535 - G3 Social Worker (606982, 605894) - 5535-482541734

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 20 September 2026 at 11:55pm. Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents. INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: Hamilton and East Kilbride Family Support Hubs Hours: 35hrs per week, temporary for 1 year Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm, Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm Salary / Hourly Rate: £47,611 - £48,633   An opportunity has arisen for temporary social worker positions in South Lanarkshire's Family Support Hubs. Locality-based Family Support Hubs were launched on 27th September 2022 across South Lanarkshire, providing whole family support from pregnancy until 18 years.

The ambition is that a holistic earlier help approach will reduce the likelihood of problems escalating to care and protection proceedings by providing earlier, more preventative, strengths-based help and support to families in need. Applicants should have a good knowledge of The Promise, Whole Family Wellbeing Approach, Child Protection Procedures and pre-birth assessments and interventions. An ability to work in partnership and preventatively with other agencies and families will also be essential.

For further information on the position please email [email protected] or [email protected]. View the Social Worker job profile. Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents:     Your experience of working with vulnerable children and families using GIRFEC and Child Protection frameworks.

Your experience of providing holistic whole family support. Your ability to operate within a fast-paced environment with competing demands. Your experience of partnership working to improve outcomes for families. If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents. Please Apply online -  All correspondence will be via your email address Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks.

If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position. Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant. Legislative Information This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020.

This post is considered a Regulated Role with Children, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made. Please refer to  http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk  for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of 12 months in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned.

The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal recor