Social Worker​/Advanced Social Worker

How you'll make a difference

As a Social Worker or Advanced Social Worker, you will join our Adult Social Care Review team in a dual‑graded role, with appointment based on your experience and professional development. Our focus is to deliver high‑quality statutory reviews that improve outcomes, promote independence and enhance wellbeing for adults with care and support needs, working under the Care Act 2014, you will adopt a strengths‑based and person‑centred approach.

Collaborating closely with partners, you will ensure individuals receive the right support at the right time, empowering them to live as independently as possible. With a strong emphasis on effective and lawful practice, the team ensures care and support remains appropriate and delivers best value, while supporting confident professional judgement and defensible decision making.

• It will be your responsibility to manage a caseload of adults with care and support needs, helping them and their carers to identify goals, build on strengths and develop practical solutions.
• You will complete high‑quality reviews, including needs assessments, care and support planning and safeguarding enquiries, ensuring plans remain strengths‑based, proportionate, outcome focused and promote independence.
• In all aspects of your practice, you will promote dignity, choice and wellbeing, using sound professional judgement to balance safety, independence and positive outcomes.
• Collaboration will be key, as you will be working closely with colleagues across commissioning, health, housing and voluntary sector partners.
• You will maintain accurate, timely and confidential records in line with professional and council standards.

• Drawing on research and evidence‑based practice, you will lead on more complex and high‑risk cases, applying advanced professional judgement and taking responsibility for key decisions.
• Acting as a role model, you will support and develop best practice across the team through advice, mentoring and shared learning.
• You will contribute to workforce development, including supporting and supervising students on placement.
• In line with advanced practitioner expectations, you will maintain up‑to‑date core training and actively engage in continuing professional development.

• It is essential that you hold a recognised professional qualification in social work as well as registration with Social Work England.
• You will bring significant experience in adult social care, with a strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding procedures and Continued Health Care (CHC), including CHC checklists.
• Ideally, you will understand partnership working between adult social care and NHS bodies, including Section 117 and joint funding.

• We are looking for someone who can bring significant post‑qualification experience, including working with individuals with complex needs.
• You must evidence advanced level practice, demonstrating high‑quality professional reasoning, sound judgement and leadership in complex situations.
• You will be expected to take a lead role in supporting practice development, contributing to and promoting high standards across the team.

• This role is 22.2 hours per week. Salary is pro‑rata to hours worked.
• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.
• Business insurance will need to be added to your insurance policy.
• You can claim back mileage expenses.
• Please note that due to the nature of this role, it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained.
• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Badminton Road, working from home and working within the community.

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro‑rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access…