Social Workers x2 - Safeguarding Adults Team

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Job reference VAC
008971 Date posted 20/10/2026 Final date to receive applications 01/11/2026 Location City Hall College Green City Centre Bristol BS1 5TR
Salary BG11-BG12: £41,177 - £47,665 Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Blank Job category/type Social Care Attachments Person Specification
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- Job Description
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Full Time, Permanent
BG11-12 (£41,177 to £47,665 pro rata), dependent on experience and qualifications. Bristol City Council Adult Social Care is recruiting two Social Workers to permanently join the Safeguarding Adults Team (SAT).

The Safeguarding Adults Team sits at the centre of Bristol’s adult safeguarding arrangements. We manage safeguarding referrals coming into Adult Social Care, including Care Act decision-making, triage, risk analysis and advice to operational teams and partners. We also lead on complex safeguarding activity, organisational safeguarding and Person in a Position of Trust (PiPoT) work.

Following recent service changes, the team has grown in responsibility and influence. We are now a specialist, city-wide safeguarding function with a strong focus on timely decision-making, proportional responses and clear risk management. This role offers a real opportunity to develop confidence, professional judgement and safeguarding expertise, while being well supported day‑to‑day.

You will join a stable, experienced and reflective team who value discussion, shared thinking and learning.

You will be supported by an experienced Senior Practitioner and the Safeguarding Adults Team Manager, with access to regular supervision, informal consultation and peer support. This is a team that understands the pressures of safeguarding work and places importance on working sustainably and thoughtfully.

The role involves:

• Triaging safeguarding referrals and applying Care Act 2014 duties.
• Analysing risk and supporting proportionate safeguarding responses.
• Providing advice and guidance to social work teams and partner agencies.
• Contributing to safeguarding strategy, learning and service development.
• Working closely with partners across health, police and provider services.

As a Social Worker in the Safeguarding Adults Team, you will work at pace, but never in isolation. You will need to balance curiosity and challenge with empathy and respect, keeping the voice, wishes and experiences of adults at risk at the centre of safeguarding activity.

You must be registered with Social Work England and hold a recognised Social Work qualification. This post is suitable for a Social Worker who already has some experience and is looking to develop their safeguarding knowledge, or for someone earlier in their career who wants to build strong foundations in adult safeguarding decision-making within a supportive specialist team.

You will be reflective, organised and comfortable working with complexity and uncertainty. You will bring good communication skills, the ability to work collaboratively, and the confidence to offer professional challenge where needed.

This is a chance to be part of a team that is shaping how adult safeguarding works across Bristol not just responding to risk, but improving systems, supporting colleagues and keeping people at the centre of what we do.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

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