Social Worker jobs in Glasgow

Live social worker roles in Glasgow, with Scotland salary benchmarks.

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65 live roles in Glasgow

Family Support Worker

Glasgow

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Family Support Worker* One Parent Families Scotland* Full time or Part time* £26,640 – £32,560* On site: North Lanarkshire/Edinburgh/Glasgow*…

Social Care
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Housing Support Worker

Glasgow

£15 - £16/hour

Contract Type: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week (Temp to Perm opportunity) Shift Pattern: 24/7 rota across earlies, lates, waking nights, and…

Social Care Permanent
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Social Worker hiring in Glasgow: the numbers

  • 65 live social worker roles in Glasgow right now.
  • Median advertised salary for social worker roles in Glasgow: £43,500 (from 6 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: CrossReach Trading Ltd. (6), Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (5), Scottish Housing News (4), FCA Scotland (3), Aberlour Children's Charity (2).
  • Newest advert posted 13 October 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Social Worker salary in Scotland

£36,000 – £48,000 (indicative · midpoint £42,000)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Newly qualified social workers start around £34,000–£38,000, experienced and senior practitioners sit in the middle of the band and team managers above it (£50,000–£60,000). Agency locum rates of £35–£45 an hour run well above permanent pay. Family support and housing roles are typically £26,000–£34,000.
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