Social Care Practitioner

Leicester Bus Partnership; Leicester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job summary

Leicester City Council is looking for a dedicated worker to support adults, helping them live independently with care and support plans. Your role involves listening, building trust, and coordinating with carers to identify practical solutions within a busy social care environment.

The position offers flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme to support a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with adults drawing on care and support.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be working with people who come into contact with us to have conversations to discuss what matters to them and others around them.
• You’ll work in partnership with others across social care, Health, Probation, and Housing teams.

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ8399 Date posted 14/08/2026 Application closing date 20/09/2026 Location Various locations across Leicester City Salary £32,061 - £34,434 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£46,953 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Adult Social Care Attachments Job Specification.pdf

Here at Leicester City Council, we are passionate about listening and understanding. Finding out, what a good life looks like for people who come into contact with us. We have conversations that start with people’s own strengths, making connections with families, friends and local communities. All to achieve the outcomes that matter and improve wellbeing. When our care and support is required, we work with people to find solutions to live their lives as independently as possible.

Join us and you’ll find a supportive team and a positive learning culture that supports you to work flexibly and creatively with people. You’ll enjoy working in a diverse multicultural organisation that’s proud to reflect our vibrant city. In an environment that offers plenty of opportunities to develop your expertise, trusts your professional judgement and encourages you to build a rewarding career.

What you'll be doing

No two days are the same, you’ll be working with people who come into contact with us to have conversations to discuss what matters to them and others around them. You’ll have a can do attitude, a good awareness of the local information and advice that is available and use this to support people and their carers to solutions, drawing on what they already have around them that is working, or could work. You’ll work in partnership with others across social care, Health, Probation, and Housing teams.

What you'll need

You’ll have experience of working with adults drawing on care and support.You’ll demonstrate an interest in people and will be trusting, honest, kind and transparent in your daily communication. You’ll enjoy working in a busy, fast paced environment, thrive under pressure and be energetic and efficient.

What we can offer you

This role is very rewarding, supporting people to have lives that matter to them and working alongside others who feel the same. You can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy balance between your work life and your private life. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.

We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise within a positive supportive learning environment, with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

A diverse and inclusive employer

Leicester is a vibrant, multicultural city and we’re committed to representing the full range of Leicester’s diversity across the council. Why? Because we want to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and confident in being themselves. And by embracing different viewpoints and opinions, we can generate the innovative new ideas and opportunities that will drive our city forward.

That’s why diversity, equality and inclusion are part of everything we do. It’s why we listen to and engage with all our employee groups and involve them in decision-making. It’s why we encourage reverse mentoring, when senior managers are mentored by juniors from different backgrounds. And it’s why we work with external partners such as Scope to understand people’s needs. Because we’re working hard to create a council for everyone.

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve set up our recruitment process to do everything we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

Leicester City Council holds a sponsorship licence, butthis role does not offer visa sponsorship. Please applyonly if you already have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship, as applications that do not meet this requirement will be rejected.

For any queries on this please contact Paige Mcilhatton at [e-mail]

This is an open advert therefore we will complete the short-listing soon after receiving your application. If short-listed you'll be called for an assessment and interview thereafter.