Last updated: 30 May 2026
Aberdeen City Council is Scotland's third-largest children's services authority and works within the North East of Scotland regional grouping alongside Aberdeenshire and Moray councils. The city's residential provision is smaller in scale than Glasgow or Edinburgh but operates with the same Care Inspectorate regulatory framework and The Promise reform agenda, and roles here often involve relative geographic isolation from central-belt provider networks.
Aberdeen employers value practitioners comfortable with the North East Scotland sub-regional context, SSSC-aligned practice and the relatively smaller, more concentrated workforce environment.
Ofsted-registered children's homes: around 240 Care Inspectorate-registered residential childcare services
Sector vacancy rate: 20%
Continuing Care obligations under the 2014 Act and The Promise programme are reshaping demand toward longer-term, relationship-based residential provision
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