Social Worker

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Rugby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a passionate Social Worker for their Hospital Social Care team. In this role, you'll manage a caseload, provide assessments, and work closely with older adults and their families. Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council is essential, along with a dedication to a strengths-based approach. The position entails a rotating weekend schedule, and offers generous benefits including a pension scheme and agile working options, supporting employee wellbeing and professional development.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working

Annual leave and bank holidays

Employee discounts through Vivup

Qualifications

• Professional qualification and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council is required.
• Ability to work weekends as part of a rotating schedule.
• Experience in a hospital social care environment is desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work services to older adults and their families.
• Undertake and record assessments and care planning.
• Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Skills

Adult social care experience

Good information technology (IT) skills

Dynamic approach

Ability to make difficult decisions

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Tools

Mosaic IT System

Job description

About us

Do you fancy trying a new approach to working with older people within a hospital acute setting?

The Hospital Social Care team is currently pioneering a new approach to front line working which focuses on customer strengths and promoting the use of universal services.

We have three hospital sites across Warwickshire County Council and Coventry. We are dedicated and supportive teams. We aim to respond quickly and efficiently in offering strengths‑based assessments and providing support to customers and their carers within a fast paced environment.

The team is made up of a mixture of staff skill sets and roles:

• Social Workers
• Social Care Workers
• Admin
• Trusted Assessors
• Team Managers & Senior Managers

About the role

Joining our established Hospital Team, you'll be providing a social work service to a highly professional standard. Managing a caseload and travelling throughout the locality of North and South of Warwickshire depending on business need, you'll be working with older adults and their families and unpaid carers.

Undertaking and recording robust assessments and care and support planning will also be part of your role.

In addition, you'll be communicating with a wide variety of customers, communities, health partners and agencies as well as working on your own initiative, often in pressurised situations.

Team members are supported by their colleagues and Team Managers who deliver regular supervision and day to day support. Staff also have access to regular training provided by Warwickshire County Council.

Our work aligns with our broader County Council aim – to make Warwickshire the best it can be for everyone. This is a significant responsibility that can be challenging at times, but it drives our staff to succeed, develop and achieve. If you are passionate, tenacious, courageous and purposeful in your work, we want you to join us.

Key Requirements

• Professional Social Work qualification and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Ability to work 5 days over 7 days, to support a streamlined service and timely discharges. The hospital teams currently work one weekend in a month (4‑week rota). Candidates should be prepared to work weekends.
• Work closely with the Multidisciplinary Health & Social Care team.
• Participate fully in the duties of the team, including team meetings and other meetings determined by the Team Manager and/or Service Manager.
• Driver’s licence is essential for the social work role as you will be expected to complete reviews post discharge especially in care homes.
• Dynamic approach and embracing our new strength‑based approach.
• Ability to make difficult decisions and work to tight deadlines.
• Adult social care experience and good information technology (IT) skills.
• Hospital social care experience desirable – practitioners should be willing to learn within a fast‑paced environment.
• Familiarity with the Mosaic IT System in Warwickshire.

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!

We are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision 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.

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

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. 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, if an individual has 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.

For further information about this role please contact hiring manager Carollyn Hakulandaba [e-mail].

Closing details

Closing date: 20th January 2026
Interview date: 9th and 10th February 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format or 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