Service: Health and Social Care Partnership
Closing Date: Friday 17th October 2025
The Social Work Admin Service delivers administrative support to front line Social Work teams within the Argyll and Bute HSCP. We have a full time, permanent Area Admin Support Worker vacancy within our Children and Families area team based in Dunoon which is ideally suited to someone with good organisational, IT and admin skills. This position will be office based at Dolphin Hall Annex.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
This position will, as part of the local admin team, oversee the provision of high quality admin support to the local Social Work team who deliver agreed outcomes for local families.
The main responsibilities of this role include:
* Minute taking and meeting support
* Monitoring team Email mailbox enquiries
* Processing invoices and orders
* Updating electronic service user records
Our vision is: to deliver efficiency, quality and consistency, with a staff group that is flexible, skilled and motivated and committed to achieving Social Work Outcomes.
Candidates for this role require to have:
* A good basic education
* Excellent IT skills including Microsoft office applications
* Experience of office administration
* Understanding of confidentiality and data security
An internal system check undertaken in order to access Social Work databases.
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
The Social Work Admin Service as part of Argyll and Bute Council and the HSCP can offer opportunities for career progression, training and development.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
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