Adult Social Worker (Out of Hours)

Hampshire County Council; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in England is seeking a committed Adult Social Worker (Out of Hours) to make a significant impact on the lives of vulnerable adults. This hybrid position requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, alongside a degree in Social Work and registration with Social Work England. The role includes evening, weekend, and Bank Holiday shifts, providing flexibility and competitive compensation. Join a supportive team dedicated to high-quality service and professional growth.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Support for professional development

Flexible work conditions

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Work required.
• Registration with Social Work England is essential.
• Experience in social work with adults and families is needed.
• Ability to assess risks and needs effectively.

Responsibilities

• Gather information and assess needs of individuals and families.
• Refer to relevant agencies to address risks and needs.
• Work legally to protect vulnerable people.
• Produce reports complying with statutory procedures.
• Communicate effectively with clients and agencies.

Skills

Communication Skills

Mediation and Negotiation

Organizational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

IT Skills

Education

Degree in Social Work

Registration with Social Work England

Job description

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Adult Social Worker (Out of Hours)

Job Reference: HCC621921
Salary Range: £40,643 - £45,077 pro-rata, per annum (actual salary £25,023 - £27,753 per annum) plus Enhancements
Work Location: The Parkway, Fareham (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 22.78 average
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29 August 2025

The Role:

Become a Social Worker for Hampshire County Council and practice in an Outstanding Local Authority.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Out of Hours Adult Social Worker who is committed to making a real difference to the lives of vulnerable adults and their families. You will use your experience and apply your professional knowledge to transform outcomes for individuals, relatives and carers, whilst facilitating effective multi-agency solutions to protect the most vulnerable adults from harm, neglect, and abuse.

With your significant Social Work experience, you’ll have excellent communication skills and the ability to relate to all different kinds of people and the motivation to grow in your role through personal and professional development. You will be determined to make a difference for both the service and the adults who need it. You will know what excellent practice looks like and will be able to improve outcomes for vulnerable adults and their families. You will have a passion for supporting vulnerable adults and families to ensure that they thrive and flourish.

You will be committed to facilitating effective multi-agency solutions to ensure positive and sustainable outcomes. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for vulnerable adults of all ages by being able to identify and think outside the box on wider issues having an impact on the client group along with the immediate referral. You will have sound safeguarding knowledge and experience.

You will be required to work outside of standard business hours including Bank Holidays, evenings, and weekends. Please note that additional allowances will be paid for nights, Sundays and bank holidays as per agreement with the service.

The office base is currently Parkway, Fareham but is due to be relocated to Havant, Plaza on a date yet to be confirmed.

What you’ll do:

• Use professional skills, knowledge, experience and interpersonal and specialist communication skills to gather information and assess the needs of individuals and carers/families.
• Refer to other relevant agencies where appropriate to ensure all risks and needs are considered.
• Take appropriate action in conjunction with other agencies and within legal and statutory framework, to protect vulnerable people. Plans should promote dignity and empowerment and comply with legal and statutory requirements.
• Establish and maintain mutual trust with clients, carers and families.
• Identify appropriate service provision which is within the department’s resource framework and ensure services provided meet identified needs.
• Enable individuals to achieve goals and maximise their strengths.
• Make appropriate use of computerised case recording systems to effectively contribute to professional case management and comply with current legislation and departmental policies and procedures. Records should be accessible to individuals, colleagues and managers as appropriate.
• Produce reports as required which comply with statutory and Departmental procedures and capture and analyse information clearly and guide decision making and case management.
• Within the bounds of confidentiality and appropriate consent, communicate effectively with individuals and agencies to keep them appropriately informed and involved.
• Assist development of unqualified staff and students to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
• As you will be working with families across a geographical area, you must also be able to meet the travel requirements of the role. You will be mostly office based but may be required to carry out visits to see clients.
• Share a culture of care, respect, dignity and independence with everyone using the service.
• Adopt an inclusive approach in all activities.

What we’re looking for:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Social Work.
• Registration with Social Work England.
• Experience of working with adults and families in social work setting. An understanding of the needs of the client group and have experience working with them to achieve independence.
• Concise verbal and written communication skills.
• Mediation and negotiation skills.
• Experience of report writing and computer literate with basic numeracy skills.
• Ability to assess risks, needs, and to analyse information and recognise problems.
• Understand equalities issues in social work practice and principals of safety, dignity and empowerment.
• Understand philosophies, professional social work issues and legal frameworks.
• Understand data protection/confidentiality and need for accurate and timely recording.
• Highly organised and able to manage time and conflicting demands effectively.
• Willing to learn and develop in the role, with ongoing training and personal development.
• Demonstrates core values of patience, empathy, and compassion.
• A team player with strong collaborative skills.
• Excellent communication skills for building positive relationships with a diverse range of people, including clients, their families, carers, professionals and colleagues.
• Sound IT skills and able to accurately record information. Out of Hours covers four local authorities so uses a range of systems which you would receive training for.
  
  

As this is a 24/7 service, you’ll be required to work a shift pattern to respond to the demands of the service. Your working pattern will include working every other weekend and a variety of shifts including early, late, sleep-in shifts and bank holidays for which enhancements will be paid in line with the Hampshire County Council salary policy.

Rota

Our Social Workers are an asset to us, and we encourage our workforce to be creative and autonomous, while enabling them to work flexibly. We are committed to providing regular, reflective, and effective supervision to support you; while ensuring you also have the working conditions you need for good practice to flourish.

• You will have an induction programme with all necessary training.
• Provide you with a hybrid tablet device, so you can work more effectively and flexibly
• Access to Pool cars if a visit is required.
• Commitment to personal development, including support for CPD
• We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles.
• We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace.
  
  

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.

Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We invest in you through our internal development programmes and training and offer a competitive salary and benefits package .

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services, references will be requested prior to interview.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.