Social Worker

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free offsite parking

Relocation allowance up to £8,000

Benefits package

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is recruiting a Social Worker for the Hospital Discharge and Assessment Team in Gloucestershire. The role is full-time and based at Shire Hall with a 37-hour week and a permanent contract. Salary ranges from £39,481 to £42,123 per year (pro rata) with relocation assistance up to £8,000.

Applicants must have at least 1 year of experience in Adults Social Work, be SWE registered, and hold a full driving licence with willingness to drive. Closing date 25 October 2026.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience as an Adults Social Worker.
• Must be registered with SWE (Social Work England).
• Full driving licence and willingness to drive (some exceptions apply).

Responsibilities

• Full-time Social Worker in Hospital Discharge and Assessment Team.
• Provide assessments and support to service users.
• Relocation assistance available for eligible applicants.

Skills

Social Work

SWE Registration

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Social Worker
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 2nd Floor
• Salary: £39,481 - £42,123 per annum (pro rata) + relocation allowance up to £8,000
• Benefits: Free offsite parking and a range of benefits!
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 25/10/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14582
• This post is not open to job share

If you’re a Skilled Worker already living and working in the UK, with a minimum of 1 years’ experience working in an Adults Social Worker role, currently registered with SWE and looking to move Certificate of Sponsorship and relocate to Gloucestershire, then read on!

Salary Skilled Worker Social Worker: £39,481 per annum with a relocations allowance of up to £8,000* for eligible applicants.

Salary Experienced Adults Social Worker: £40,444 - £42,123 per annum with a relocations allowance of up to £8,000* for eligible applicants.

Are you an experienced Social Worker? Then we would love to hear from you!

If you're a qualified Social Worker in the UK and looking to move to Gloucestershire, we offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000* subject to qualifying conditions. There's never been a better time to make the move! Watch our video to learn all that #ourSouthWest has to offer!

About the role:

Our vision for the people we work with is for them to lead full and active lives where they are supported to be independent as far as they can be. We want people to have choice and control over the services and support they receive and have access to services that use resources creatively. To help us to achieve our vision we focus on making Adult Social Care a place where people want to work and feel supported to deliver quality practice so they can focus on people first. See how we #makethedifference in transforming lives and reinvigorating social work in the county by reading our Community Care Editorial.

We have a full-time Social Worker opportunity in our Hospital Discharge and Assessment Team, based in the heart of the city, with great access routes to the M5. To find out more about our Hospital Discharge and Assessment Team, please visit our “Meet the Teams” webpage or if you want to learn more about team, please email [e-mail] to arrange an informal discussion with the Team Manager.

About us:

Why Gloucestershire?
Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Gloucestershire County Council. You can be confident of becoming part of a welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive team.

Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part time employees)
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Regular formal and informal support
• Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Training and development opportunities
• Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
• Personal licences to Adults CCINFORM
• Reimbursement of professional Social Work registration fees
• Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

Relocation:

Subject to meeting qualifying conditions, we offer relocation of up to £8,000 (T&C apply) to use towards the cost of relocating to Gloucestershire, for qualified Social Workers.

About you:

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

Please note you must hold a full driving licence and have the willingness to drive (exceptions under the Equality Act may apply)

We’re closer than you think:

We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean. For interested professionals located in Wales and Scotland, please contact us to discuss your application.

Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Social Worker Adults Job Profile

This position is subject to an Enhanced Adults DBS with Barred List check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council will consider sponsorship for these roles, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email [e-mail], as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.