Vacancy Information
The salary advertised is full time (35 hours per week). Part-time hours will be pro-rated accordingly.
Hourly rate of pay: £ - £
Candidates will be assessed on the basis of appropriate relevant experience and qualifications and salary placed within the advertised scale.
Temporary maternity cover until November 2026.
Days and Hours of Work:
Monday - Friday, 09:00-17:00
Days of working are negotiable, flexi time is applicable, and starting and finishing times are flexible.
To start asap.
East Lothian Children’s Services have an opportunity for a temporary Senior Practitioner Social Worker to join the Support and Intervention Team to. This is to cover maternity leave within the team until November 2026.
The team consists of 3 team leaders, senior practitioners, social workers and administrative support. Our Support and Intervention Team is dedicated in supporting children and families to have better outcomes in life.
Children’s Services is located in an open plan office with onsite parking. We promote an open, trusting and communicative culture at all levels.
Applicants should have a sound value base, excellent communication and report writing skills and a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Child Protection processes and making permanent plans for children, a knowledge about Children and Families social work legislation, roles and responsibilities. In East Lothian our social workers practice is focused on the Signs of Safety assessment framework with an emphasis on relationship-based interventions.
East Lothian Children Services are absolutely committed to following The Promise and keeping children, young people and their families' voices at the heart of everything we do. Our vision is to support children and young people to live with their families when safe to do so. We have redesigned our services to ensure the right support is offered at the right time and are staff are involved in developing services and implementing improvement activity around this goal. East Lothian Children's Services are keen to recruit workers who are passionate about achieving the best possible outcomes for the children, young people and their families.
Our staff are our greatest asset and we want to support people to have a healthily work life balance. For this to be possible, we recognise that social workers need protected caseloads, effective supervision and support. We recognise the emotional impact of the role and benefit from access to a clinical psychologist who supports our staff with complex work and promotes staff resilience.
Working in supportive teams you will have a varied and complex caseload which includes children who are looked after at and away from home and will strive to make permanent plans in a timely basis. You will undertake direct work with children and their families, working closely with our dedicated Family Support Work and Intensive Outreach Team.
We are committed to promoting an open and trusting culture at all levels of the organisation and prioritise continuous professional development and learning. Our staff are our greatest asset, and we strive to be supportive, inclusive and child centred by prioritising effective supervision, manageable and protected caseloads and a healthy work life balance.
We have an accessible senior management team who are committed to recruiting the best people to compliment the wide range of knowledge and experience throughout the service.
Our dedication is evident through our recent Care Inspection which is available online.