• Flexible Hours: Control your work hours and choose assignments that fit your lifestyle.
• Competitive Pay Rates: We offer highly competitive remuneration for each placement.
• Professional Development: Opportunities to work across various departments, enhancing your skills and broadening your expertise.
• Free training: Keep up to date with your Continuous Professional Development.
• Pension Scheme: Contributory pension.
• Referral Bonus: Receive £300 in vouchers (subject to Ts and Cs).
• Weekly payroll: Randstad runs a twice weekly payroll, enabling you to control your finances by receiving weekly pay.
• Dedicated Support: Our team is here to assist you at every step, from onboarding through the entirety of your placement. We can even help with sourcing accommodation and travel, if required.

The role:

• Undertake comprehensive assessments of individuals convicted of sexual offenses. This includes social circumstances, risk of re-offending, and needs assessments.
• Conduct and write up risk assessments (e.g., LSCMI, RSVP, SARN). Accreditation in these tools is essential.
• Develop and implement care and risk management plans in collaboration with prison staff and other agencies.
• Provide direct social work support to prisoners, addressing issues related to family relationships, housing, and personal well-being.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to case conferences, parole reports, and release planning.
• Liaise with external agencies, such as community mental health teams, housing associations, and voluntary organisations.
• Maintain accurate and confidential case records in line with professional standards.

Qualifications and Skills:

• A degree in Social Work or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
• Current SSSC registration as a social worker.
• Significant post-qualifying experience in a criminal justice setting or with individuals convicted of sexual offenses.
• Accreditation and practical experience in using structured risk assessment tools for sexual offenders (e.g., LSCMI, RSVP, SARN, or similar).
• A strong understanding of the legal frameworks related to sexual offending and risk management in Scotland.
• Excellent communication, report writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage a complex caseload.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of the Scottish prison system and its operations.
• Experience in group work and facilitating therapeutic interventions.
• A full UK driving license is preferred as occasional travel may be required.

This could be the perfect position in which to realise your career goals.

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Do you have some more questions regarding this or any other role?

If you are interested in discussing the position further, please contact Leah Rowley on 0131 240 0887 or email for a confidential discussion. If you are happy to move forward with the process and are successful to be put forward for this role, a conversation can also be arranged with the Manager to discuss the details about the position further. This gives you the opportunity to ask more questions and to assess if this is the right role for you.

Being a preferred supplier to numerous local authorities and NHS trusts, we can give you access to a wide range of vacancies.

Are you thinking about a change in your career? Whether you are an existing locum or you are new to the locum market and are exploring your options, we have opportunities that are exciting, well paid and flexible.

I have over 21 years experience recruiting within the healthcare market. If this particular role does not sound quite right for you, we have a wide selection of roles across the country that may not be advertised. We are also able to source a particular role to suit your requirements, so whether you work with children or adults in any particular speciality, please get in touch to see how we can support you!

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.