Location: Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB
Salary: £51,557 - £56,511 per year
Contract Type: Permanent, Temporary
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF
North Lanarkshire is committed to achieving excellence and driving forward change to improve people's lives. Join us and you’ll embark on a challenging but hugely rewarding career where you’ll make a real difference to the lives of people within our communities. We believe that with excellent practice leadership, support and supervision, professional social work can thrive.
We are currently recruiting inspirational and motivated social work practitioners to join our Bellshill, Airdrie & Wishaw Adult Social Work teams, someone who is creative in their thinking and practice and has the skills, knowledge and expertise to support effective practice, promote innovation and create a culture where people feel supported to do their jobs.
To apply for this post you must have significant post qualifying experience, possess strong leadership and management skills and hold a professional or academic social work qualification eg Degree or Diploma in Social Work or equivalent.
You must be registered or eligible for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
You will require to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to commencing in this role.
In return we can offer you a positive professional working experience with a commitment to continuous professional development.
Interviews will be held on 28 August 2025.
Work pattern:
35 hours per week - Monday to Thursday - 08:45 to 16:45 - Friday 08:45 to 16:15.
Locations:
Wishaw Locality is a permanent position.
Airdrie Locality is a tempoary position until 31/12/2025.
Bellshill Locality is a temporary position until 27/04/2026.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151.
The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL
***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***
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