Senior Social Worker

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Free staff parking

Training and development opportunities

Career progression

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is seeking a Senior Social Worker for the Learning Disabilities Team in Gloucester. The role is full-time, based at Shire Hall, with a flexible mix of office and home working.

You will provide expert social work practice in complex cases while collaborating with professionals and managers to balance support and independence. Applicants must hold a SWE registration, have completed ASYE, and possess at least two years post-qualification experience.

Qualifications

• Have a social work qualification and be SWE registered.
• Have completed your ASYE programme and have at least 2 years post completion service.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.
• Have the passion to promote people’s strengths and the ability to make a difference in a safe working approach to social work practice.
• Have up to date knowledge of legislation and demonstrable experience of providing credible approaches to practice.
• Be able to prioritise, using a risk based approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk.
• Work closely with professionals and more senior managers to ensure balance of support and independence.
• Offer expert evidence-based opinion.

Skills

Social work

ASYE

SWE registered

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Senior Social Worker
• Job Location: Shire Hall
• Salary: £41,771 - £47,181 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 24/09/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14847
• This post is not open to job share

PAY AWARD PENDING AT 3.3% salary will increase to £43,149 - £48,738 per annum/pro rata for part time

Are you a Social Worker passionate about working with people to promote independence, dedicated to making a difference and looking for your next career move?

We would love to hear from you!

About The Role

We have a full time Senior Social Worker position available in our Learning Disabilities Team.

The Senior Social Worker role could be the perfect next step of your career; with this role offering you more challenge and complexity, without the added management responsibility. We look to our Senior Social Workers to provide expert social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk. You will work closely with a range of professionals and more senior managers to ensure a balance of support and independence is achieved, through offering expert evidence-based opinion.

The post is based in Shire Hall, Gloucester and we offer flexible working with a mix of office and home working. To find out more about working in the Learning Disabilities Team, visit the ‘Meet our Teams’ page.

About You

As a Senior Social Worker, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Gloucestershire. To join us, you must:

• Have a social work qualification and be SWE* registered
• Have completed your ASYE* programme and have at least 2 years post completion service
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• Have the passion to promote people’s strengths and the ability to make a difference in a safe working approach to social work practice
• Have up to date knowledge of legislation and demonstrable experience of providing credible approaches to practice.
• Be able to prioritise, using a risk based approach

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!

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 welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive teams.

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
• Free off site staff parking
• 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

We’re Closer Than You Think

We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean.

Additional Information

This Position is subject to a DBS 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 is not currently able to offer sponsorship for this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK that enables them to commit to at least six months’ employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

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 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.