Social Worker

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Bedworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join the countywide Adult Safeguarding Team. In this challenging but rewarding role, you will support adults at risk, offering assessments and guidance within a supportive team. This position requires resilience and a commitment to safeguarding practices.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to employee benefits and discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months post qualifying experience required.
• Committed to delivering safeguarding practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, advice & support to individuals at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Carry a caseload of Adult Safeguarding cases.
• Support as part of a duty team on a rotational basis.

Skills

Resilience

Focus

Motivation

Strengths-based practice

Education

Completed ASYE

Job description

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Social Workerin thecountywideAdult Safeguarding Team. The post holder should have a minimum of 12 months post qualifying experience and have successfully completed ASYE.

Warwickshire County Council is a top performing two tier authority with a reputation for innovation and efficiency. If you can match our ambition to drive Warwickshire County Council forward, we would like to hear from you.

Team and Role Purpose

To provide a social work service within the countywide Safeguarding Adults Short Term (SAST) Team. The Adult Safeguarding Team provides a high-quality professional assessment, advice & support service to individuals & groups who are referred due to risk of abuse or neglect.

The postholder will carry a caseload of Adult Safeguarding cases and will be required to work with all service user groups to meet service demands. Caseload will be geographically based as far as possible, but the postholder will be required to carry cases across all different parts of the county as needed.

The postholder will also support as part of a duty team on a rotational basis. This covers a countywide intake system including the MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub), to address new Adult Safeguarding concerns, responding to immediate risk and to screen Adult Safeguarding concerns against the scope and definitions in the West Midlands Adult Safeguarding procedures. At present duty work is undertaken remotely, however should this work be reverted to an office setting, this will be at the Warwick office base.

Our work is challenging, yet rewarding, and you will need to beresilient, focused, and motivated to improve thequalityofthe Adult Safeguarding support weoffer to Adults within Warwickshire.You need to be committed to delivering strengths-based practice and the values ofMaking Safeguarding Personal.

Your normal place of work can be either Warwick or Bedworth. Although at this time in the course of your duties you will mainly be required to travel and visit locations within the North of the county. However; you may also be required from time to time to visit and work at other locations, for such times as we may reasonably determine as necessary for the proper performance of your duties.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;

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Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!?

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

To discuss the role please contact Deborahg Johnstone by emailing [e-mail]

Closing date: 21^st July 2025

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more