Baywide Social Worker

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Closing date: 25 February 2026

Are you kind and caring individual, passionate about delivering high quality patient care?

We are pleased to offer an opportunity for final-year Social Work students to apply for a developmental pathway leading to a Band 6 Social Worker position. Successful applicants will initially be appointed as Community Care Workers prior to qualification. Upon successful completion of your Social Work degree, you will automatically progress into a Band 5 ASYE Social Worker role. Following the successful completion of your ASYE year, you will then advance into a Band 6 Social Worker position.

As a Social Worker, you will make a positive difference to individuals and families by helping them live their lives more successfully. You will be working in partnership with service users, their carers and families to develop and provide social care assessment, intervention and discharge planning for individuals of working age in our Torbay and South Devon locality.

To do this, you will undertake holistic social care assessments, in partnership with service users, families and carers, prepare care plans and commission services to ensure the most beneficial and cost‑effective care packages are established, delivered and reviewed, whilst complying with all statutory requirements within our policies and guidelines.

• Liaising with service users and external stakeholders in a face‑to‑face capacity as well as by telephone and e‑mail to support informed decision‑making.
• To be a core member of a multi‑disciplinary Baywide Social Care Team and contribute to the effective assessment and care planning with adults in Torbay. This can include moving into other Baywide teams to support with urgent response duty work. As such you would be expected to move between teams as required.
• Work alongside the social work and community teams providing evidence‑based interventions, assessment and support planning consistent with Human Rights legislation and be compliant with and practice utilising social care legislation including Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Plan and organise your caseload effectively.
• Prepare cost‑effective care plans and packages and work out provisions accurately.
• Work alongside service users who experience serious mental illness and support enabling social care provisions. You will have specific responsibilities in the context of Safeguarding Adults from abuse or neglect and operating in a manner consistent with Human Rights legislation. This includes initial information gathering within the Safeguarding Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to assist in establishing statutory duties in response to adult abuse concerns raised.

At Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, we are a motivated and caring team that enjoys mentoring and coaching team members and students to become the best versions of themselves and will support you during your career with us.

You will commence employment progressing in line with the NHS Agenda for Change Band 6 framework.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay! To have a healthy work life balance, we offer flexible working in line with service requirements.

As a Social Worker, you could:

• offer information and counselling to clients and put together support plans
• help clients develop and maintain independent living skills
• support clients' safety and act to protect them when necessary
• work closely with communities, health professionals and other agencies
• meet with individuals and families to review their situation
• keep records, write reports and discuss cases with your supervisors

Our Baywide social care Service is made up of three Adult Social Care Community teams:

• Front End
• Complex Care
• Specialist Services

These teams provide specialist social care interventions and work in an integrated way with health colleagues to ensure the delivery of high‑quality care services for people living in Torbay.

• Relevant professional Social Work qualification – Degree/Diploma Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work,…