Social Worker Specialist Hoarder for East 2

Leicester Bus Partnership; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicester City Council is seeking a Specialist Adult Social Worker to work with people who hoard, providing person-centred, strengths-based support across partners in housing, health and social care.

You will assess needs, coordinate care, and use local resources to enable independence, while maintaining professional judgment and adherence to safeguarding and DBS checks. A flexible, supportive team environment is offered with opportunities for development.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Hold a valid UK driving licence.
• Enhanced DBS check required.

Responsibilities

• Work with people who experience hoarding to discuss what matters to them and others.
• Collaborate with housing, health, probation, fire services and housing teams to co-create solutions.

Skills

Social Work England registration

Driving licence

DBS check

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 REQ7783 Date posted 25/08/2026 Application closing date 22/09/2026 Location Various locations across Leicester City Salary £44,253 - £47,665 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£64,694 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Adult Social Care Attachments Job Specification.pdf

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Specialist Adult Social Worker to work with people who are hoarding

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

The Locality based Social Care Team is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to provide specialised support for people experiencing hoarding behaviours. You will work daily alongside housing officers, fire and rescue services, environmental health, psychiatric teams, and community charities to co-create holistic, person-centred and strength based way.

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 will 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.

Most of our teams are agile working with the flexibility in working location and hours.

What you’ll be doing

No two days are the same, you’ll be working with people who experience hoarding. You will have conversations with them 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, Fire services and Housing teams.

What you need

Due to the nature of this role you’ll need to be registered with Social Work England, hold a valid driving UK licence, and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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 designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.