SWRK - G3 Social Worker; State Hospital

Job Description ACTUAL CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by 20 September 2026 at 11:55pm.

Location: The State Hospital, Carstairs Junction

Hours: 35hrs per week, permanent

Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm, Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm

Salary / Hourly Rate: £52,392 - £53,177

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and dedicated Social Worker to join our social work team based at The State Hospital. This is a rewarding role where you will make a real difference to the lives of patients and their families across Scotland.

The State Hospital is one of the four high secure hospitals in the UK and has a remit to provide services to individuals across Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the course of our work, we engage with high risk and/or high profile mentally disordered offenders, their families and carers. As a social worker, you will complete a broad range of generic and specialist risk assessments, reviews, applications and reports.

Operating as a social worker within a secure forensic hospital setting, you will work across care groups, to undertake and participate in multi-disciplinary assessments and care management processes, the provision of integrated care and treatment plans (inclusive of rehabilitation services) for individuals with mental disorders and their families/carers within the appropriate legislative framework to deliver a high-quality social work service.

Working within a tertiary setting and in partnership with other agencies/resources, necessitates a commitment to multi-disciplinary working and the promotion of positive working relationships. As a social worker, you will work with a range of other disciplines and agencies to provide/contribute to, ongoing care management processes for our patients, their families and carers. This includes risk assessments, risk management plans, care programme approach (CPA) reports, outcome planning, and participating in case conferences/discussions within the appropriate policy and legislative frameworks.

As a social worker, you will undertake duties and appropriate planning activities to manage a caseload which will require accurate records, accountability, workload management, case recording, data collection and submission of appropriate reports in accordance with South Lanarkshire policies, procedures and standards, inclusive of the use of IT systems.

Working within a high secure setting, you will undertake mandatory NHS training in relation to site security, personal safety, health and safety and hospital policies ensuring that health and safety and site security protocols are adhered to at all times.

Working with high risk and high profile mentally disordered offenders undertaking a broad range of generic and specialist risk assessments, reviews, applications and reports such as:

• Working with high risk and high profile mentally disordered offenders undertaking a broad range of generic and specialist risk assessments, reviews, applications and reports such as:
• Admission Assessments
• Appropriate Adult Duties
• Carer Assessments
• Child Contact Assessments/Reviews (inclusive of non-face to face contact such as mail, telephone calls, gifts, possessions)
• Child Protection Reports/Risk Assessments in initial on-site incidents and liaison with appropriate Local Authorities and other bodies
• Council Officer Reports/Risk Assessments via the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007
• CPA Review Reports
• MAPPA Liaison
• Mental Health Officer (MHO) duties for patients who are non-residents of Scotland (if qualified as an MHO)
• Transfer/Discharge Reports
• Parole Reports
• Pre-Admission Assessments
• Suspension of Detention Reports

Please contact Lindsey Young, Social Work Operations Manager on or lindsey.young
12t for any informal inquiries related to the post and/or the service provision.

Please see Social Worker (State Hospital) job profile.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland…