Social Worker

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton Council seeks a dedicated Social Worker to join its Adult South Neighbourhood team. The role involves supporting vulnerable adults and coordinating care alongside health professionals, ensuring the welfare of those requiring assessments under the Care Act 2014. Candidates should demonstrate resilience and excellent decision-making skills while managing complex cases and safeguarding responsibilities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave allowance

Access to Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing and support services

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Strong understanding of Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and care planning.
• Participate in Best Interests meetings.
• Handle complex cases and coordinate resources.

Skills

Resilience

Strong decision making

Ability to manage competing demands

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

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The Role

Join Bolton’s Adult South Neighbourhood team, working closely with health colleagues to support adults and carers eligible for assessment and care under the Care Act 2014.

We focus on helping people live well at home through collaboration with Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, and Mental Health Practitioners, delivering person-centred, strength-based care to protect the vulnerable and build strong, supportive communities.

Key duties include conducting assessments, care planning, reviews, Mental Capacity Assessments, participating in Best Interests meetings, and handling complex cases. The role also involves safeguarding, risk assessment, and coordinating resources from social care, health, and other agencies to support independence.

You will complete administrative tasks, attend case conferences, and represent the Council in court when necessary.

About You

The Social Worker role is key in ensuring the welfare and assessed needs of those whom we support are managed in a safe and inclusive way.

We adopt a strength-based approach to our practice and seek to provide a person centred service. We are looking for resilient practitioners who can manage competing demands and prioritise work effectively. The role requires applicants who are confident decision makers and who can stay calm under pressure.

While in this role you will need to demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm to working closely with those with care and support needs, their families and carers, other professionals and your managers and peers.

You should hold a degree in social work, be registered with Social Work England, with evidence of continuing professional development and a strong understanding of the application of Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Adults Safeguarding.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

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