Senior Social Worker (Community Team)

NHS; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is seeking a Senior Social Worker to join their Community Team. This full-time, permanent role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on residents' lives through effective assessments, care planning, and team leadership. You'll support vulnerable adults while managing a complex caseload and ensuring compliance with safeguarding processes.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid UK driving licence and have business insurance.
• Significant experience in adult social care.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Care Act 2014.

Responsibilities

• Deliver statutory services including assessments and care plans.
• Supervise and support team members.
• Manage caseload of complex assessments.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding adults

Complex case management

Communication

Team support

Education

Recognised Social Work qualification

Job description

Go back The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Senior Social Worker (Community Team)

The closing date is 24 April 2026

Applicationswill only be accepted via the RBWM council's website. Please do not apply viaNHS jobs. To apply, please scroll down to 'supporting links' and select 'applyvia RBWM website'

We have exciting opportunities for Senior Social Workers to join the Community Team!

This is a rolling advert. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews will be scheduled accordingly. We encourage early submissions to ensure you dont miss this opportunity.

These are full-time, permanent roles, with a salary of £45,831 - £50,414 per annum plus an annual retention bonus of £3,000 subject to eligibility.

Main duties of the job

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is looking for Senior Social Workers to join the Community Team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of residents while contributing to a high-performing and supportive workplace.

The Role:

As a Senior Social Worker, you will deliver statutory services to residents with eligible care needs by conducting outcome-focused assessments, creating tailored care plans, and ensuring their effective implementation. Alongside managing a caseload of complex assessments, you will provide supervision and support to team members, fostering their professional development and ensuring high-quality service delivery.

You will work flexibly with the management team, lead on key projects, and chair meetings such as risk assessments and best interest decisions. With a focus on safeguarding adults at risk, achieving performance targets, and operating within budgetary constraints, you will play a vital role in driving continuous improvement and making a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents.

About us

About Us:

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is set in the wider county of Berkshire, one of the most economically productive and innovative areas of the country. The borough council a unitary authority - takes pride in its exceptional team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing quality services to the community. The RBWM is a unique borough, with huge opportunity given its proximity to London and expanding business sectors, as well as being a major cultural and tourism area which includes international attractions such as Windsor Castle, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.

About the team:

The Community Team is comprised on Social Care Practitioners, Senior Social Care Practitioners, Social Workers, Senior Social Workers, all led by the Service Manager. Our responsibilities include receiving and recording referrals from statutory and non-statutory agencies as well as individuals. We complete care needs assessments, arrange care packages (both community and care home settings), care reviews, adult safeguarding, mental capacity assessments and representing the Council at various multi-disciplinary meetings.

Job responsibilities

1. To beresponsible for the professional development and supervision of all staffdesignated for supervision including staff from other disciplines, agencies,and social work students as required and appropriate.

2.To manageand be accountable, with supervision and support, for own practice and to takeresponsibility for own professional development.

3.To ensure thatappropriate safeguarding processes are in place for vulnerable adults.

4.To managea caseload including complex assessments and casework.

5.Torepresent and be able to make decisions on behalf of RBWM including work inmulti-agency settings.

6.To understandbudget management and work within RBWMs budgetary constraints.

7. To chairmeetings including Adult Safeguarding, Risk Frameworks, Best Interests, and professionalsmeetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle with business insurance to undertake Council business. Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post.
• A recognised Social Work qualification and current registration with Social Work England.
• Significant experience in adult social care, including managing complex caseloads.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation and policies, including the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Data Protection 1998, and the Human Rights Act 1998.
• Extensive experience in adult safeguarding.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to supervise and support team members and students.
• The confidence to represent the RBWM in multi-agency settings and make sound decisions.
• A proactive, flexible approach to managing change and driving service improvement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead