Locum social worker- renfrewshire

Location:Renfrewshire

Rate:£25£40 per hour

Contract:Locum / Ongoing

Start Date:ASAP

About the Role

21 Health and Social Care (21HSC) are a leading health and social care recruitment agency currently recruiting for experienced and motivated Children & Families Social Worker to join a Practice Team on a locum basis within a progressive Scottish local authority setting.

Within this team, social workers hold longer-term cases, providing consistent relationship-based support to children and families. There is no duty requirement. The caseload includes:

* Child Protection
* Looked After Children at Home
* Permanence planning (including kinship and adoption planning)

This is a rewarding opportunity for a practitioner who thrives on meaningful, sustained work with children and families and is confident managing complex risk and planning processes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Manage a caseload of longer-term statutory cases.
2. Undertake child protection investigations and participate in case conferences.
3. Carry out comprehensive assessments and develop outcome-focused plans.