Social Worker, Human Services​/ Social Work

Come and join our Adult Care and Support Team as a social worker and make a difference!

Join Portsmouth City Council's Adult Care and Support Community Social Work Team and make a real difference to the lives of adults with care and support needs and their carers.

In this rewarding role, you will work with people with complex needs, carrying out strengths-based assessments, developing personalised support plans, and helping individuals achieve the outcomes that matter most to them. Working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies, you will use professional judgement and evidence-based practice to identify the most effective solutions and support.

• Carrying out strengths-based assessments and developing personalised support plans for adults with complex needs.
• Helping individuals achieve outcomes that matter most to them while working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.
• Managing a varied caseload autonomously, ensuring proportionate, legal, accountable practice and maintaining high-quality records and safeguarding standards.
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, supervising staff, contributing to service improvement initiatives, and supporting the development of excellent social work practice.

We offer regular supervision, professional support, and opportunities for continuous professional development to help you maintain and enhance your skills in line with Social Work England requirements.

• Qualified Social Worker with experience of working with adults, ideally within a fieldwork or safeguarding environment.
• Strong understanding of adult social care legislation, including the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights Act, and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and children.
• Skilled in assessment, risk management and case recording, with the ability to analyse complex information and make informed decisions.
• Creative, flexible, person-centred approach with strong problem‑solving and advocacy skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills; able to work collaboratively with individuals, families, carers and partner agencies.
• Motivated by promoting choice, independence, inclusion and wellbeing, and capable of producing clear, evidence‑based records of interventions and outcomes.
• Experience of supervising staff and working with substance misuse services is an advantage.
• Right to work in the UK is required;
  No post will be offered without it.
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment; this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
• We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.