Social Worker - Children with Disability Service - ABC13687


Company:	Aberdeen City Council
Salary:	£41,442 - £46,829
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Aberdeen City
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	29 Jul 2026
Closing date:	12 Aug 2026

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Summary

Job Purpose:

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link and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for.

Location: Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom,

Duration: Permanent, Full Time

oles that

require

PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023

, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will

be required

to meet the cost of the PVG membership

This applies

only

to roles with a

full time

equivalent salary of £30,000 and above

(Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 10 and above (currently

£30,030

per annum / £

16.50

per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members

, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job purpose/about the role

This

Social

Worker

plays

key

role

undertaking

assessments for children with additional support needs,

with a focus on the child’s needs as impacted by their

disability and the parents’ capacity to meet these needs.

The assessment informs the type of support/intervention

required to assist parents to safely care for their child. This

requires a multi-agency approach to child centred planning and a co-ordination of services to

enable the child to be supported to live with their family and within their community wherever

possible.

The Social Worker undertakes the role of Lead Professional where required, including to monitor

and review care packages. This will require the postholder to function as a member of the team,

to develop and maintain professional relationships with colleagues across Health and Education

and other partner agencies across the third sector.

Please refer to the job profile for a full description of the role.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

BA Social Work qualification or equivalent DipSW, CQSW

SSSC Registration

PVG

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

The ability to assess and balance risk and protective factors within a child protection

framework.

The ability to assess needs, formulate and implement effective social work

interventions.

The ability to prioritise tasks, manage own workload and be accountable for quality case

work with children and families to achieve positive outcomes.

The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing and build rapport

with a range of individuals including children and families and other professionals.

The ability to negotiate effectively to reach a resolution and successfully implementing

change.

The ability to deal with complex issues in a sensitive and appropriate manner.

The ability to use information management systems to maintain accurate management

information and high-quality data.

Ability to analyse and evaluate complex information to produce high quality concise

reports to inform quality casework and business decisions.

The ability to provide social work interventions to children and families and present

concise reports about complex information as required to internal, external audiences

including presenting in Court.

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact

Recruitment@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families:

armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)

looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)

are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)

have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship