Senior Social Worker
Job Description
- To assist the Team Manager in the development and delivery of an effective Justice Social Work Service.
- To provide professional support, supervision and leadership to a group of staff, while maintaining a direct involvement in social work practice.
- To represent and promote the service at multi-agency meetings, information sharing and risk planning forums on a local and national level.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the evaluation and improvement planning for the Justice Social Work Service
- Provide direct line management and supervision of social workers, support workers and senior task supervisors
- Support the Team Manager in the operational running of the service and deputise when required
- Provide direct social work practice in areas across the service as required
- Effectively use all available IT systems and support the development of others in these areas
The Individual
- Ability to work with individuals on a one to one or group work setting.
- Experience and knowledge of the justice system.
- Knowledge of National Outcomes & Standards for Justice Social Work
- Experience of case management within a multi-agency environment.
- Experience of risk assessment and risk assessment tools.
- Social Work qualification, eg. CSS, C.Q.S.W./Dip. Social Work, Degree in Social Work. *
- Full registration with SSSC.*
- Excellent communication skills, report writing skills and assessment skills.
- A strong sense of core social work values.
- Effective organisational and time management skills.
- A working knowledge of Word, Outlook, Internet Explorer.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluating services.
- Strong sense of team work, while taking accountability for own work load.
- Ability to represent the Justice SW Team in Court; multi agency meetings and other public settings.
- Ability to manage challenging situations or relationships
- Willingness to undergo enhanced level of vetting in order to access the VISOR/MAPPS system
- Good conflict resolution skills
- Capacity to form effective relationships with other professionals.
- Appreciation, acceptance of and a commitment to the importance of confidentiality.
- Willingness to accept direction/delegation.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs/demands of the service (e.g. working out with office hours).
- Ability to work in an open plan/shared office.
- Ability to work in different offices dependent on service requirements.
Requirement to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Moray/throughout Scotland to meet operational requirements of the Service.Due to rural nature of Moray normally undertaken by use of a pool car/van
This post is considered to be a ‘Regulated Role’ under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Under the Act it is a legal requirement for an individual undertaking a regulated role with children or protected adults to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
Therefore, the successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to any formal offer of employment being made by Moray Council
Closing Date: 13 November 2026
Starting Salary: £52,478
Hourly Rate: £27.84
Hours: 36.25 hours a week
Contact person: Jillian Geddes, Service Manager
Email: jillian.geddes@moray.gov.uk Tel:01343 557200
