Senior Social Worker; Adult Social Care

Senior Social Worker (Adult Social Care)

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £53,270 - £54,357 Per Annum, Plus Benefits (Including £3000 Market Supplement)
Location: Wokingham
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 18/01/2026 at 23:00
Reference: 706173 & 710150

We're excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Senior Social Worker to join our dedicated Adult Social Care Team here at Wokingham Borough Council, on a full-time, permanent basis.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will play a vital role in guiding, supporting, supervising, and/or line-managing both registered and non-registered Social Care professionals, ensuring high standards of quality and performance are consistently maintained.

Operating within relevant legal frameworks, policies, procedures, and guidance, this key position involves carrying out assessments, reviews, and support planning with individuals and their carers. The goal is to promote well-being, independence, and safety, while empowering people to identify their own needs and the outcomes they wish to achieve.

The core purpose of the service is to empower people to live safely and independently within their communities. You'll focus on maximising individual strengths and abilities, supporting people to make informed choices, and enabling carers to continue in their caring roles for as long as they choose and are able to.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an Award-Winning Local Authority, and a service that has recently been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as among the best in the country. We are also proud to be part of the Social Care Future movement, working to transform adult social care so that everyone can live in a home they love, stay connected to what matters, and thrive within their community.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same-perfect for a compassionate, creative, and proactive social work professional who wants to make a meaningful difference!

Staff Benefits

Not only is this an excellent opportunity, but it's a fantastic time to join our team. You will receive an extensive range of employee benefits including:

Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 31 days (rising by 5 days after 5 years of continued local government service), plus bank holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme (actual contribution details to follow)

GP Helpline 7 days a week

Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 Your Care confidential helpline

Free Eye Tests and Flu Vaccines

Free Onsite Gym (located at Shute End, Wokingham)

Salary Sacrifice Schemes - including Car and Cycle to Work

Local & Lifestyle Discounts - savings on shopping, entertainment, restaurants, and more

Move through Menopause Course

Sports & Social Group Activities - running, football, cricket, and more

Learning & Development Opportunities

Employee Networks

And more!

Key responsibilities

• To work in accordance with the Care Act 2014 to assess, review or reassess complex needs of customers and their carers, offering advice and guidance and access to support services in line with their eligible needs, with an emphasis on health, safety and wellbeing for vulnerable individuals and those that care for them.

• To adopt and promote a strengths-based approach to the role and maintain a professional and respectful working relationship with individual customers and carers.

• To direct, support and undertake risk assessments and formulate risk management plans, having regard for the safety of customers and others, whilst promoting independence and supporting positive risk enablement where appropriate.

• To work in accordance with statutory legislation and the Council's policies and procedures.

• To identify (and support others to identify) and/or make enquiries concerning any allegations of potential abuse or neglect of adults with care and support needs with a view to the development and implementation of safeguarding plans which maintain their safety and the safety of others, within the multi-agency safeguarding adults procedures. To act as SAM (Safeguarding Adults Manager) on enquiries being undertaken by less experienced staff.

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