This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
1. Job Title: Senior Social Worker
2. Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 2nd Floor
3. Salary: £40,476 - £45,718
4. Hours per Week: 37.00
5. Contract Type: Permanent
6. Closing Date: 10/08/2025
7. Job Requisition Number: 11898
8. This post is not open to job share
Are you a Social Worker passionate about working with people to promote independence, dedicated to making a difference and looking for your next career move?
We would love to hear from you!
About the role:
We have a full time Senior Social Worker position available in our Gloucester Locality Team. The team has a supportive and engaged management structure including an Integrated Social Care Manager, Deputy Social Care Manager, Social Work Leads, Social Care Lead, Senior Social Worker, Social Workers, Social Care Practitioners and an administration team.
The Senior Social Worker role could be the perfect next step of your career; with this role offering you more challenge and complexity, without the added management responsibility. We look to our Senior Social Workers to provide expert social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk. You will work closely with a range of professionals and more senior managers to ensure a balance of support and independence is achieved, through offering expert evidence based opinion.
To find out more about working in the Gloucester Team,
About you:
As a Senior Social Worker, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Gloucestershire. To join us, you must:
9. Have a social work qualification and be SWE* registered
10. Have completed your ASYE* programme and have at least 2 years post completion service
11. Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
12. Have the passion to promote people’s strengths and the ability to make a difference in a safe working approach to social work practice
13. Have up to date knowledge of legislation and demonstrable experience of providing credible approaches to practice.
14. Be able to prioritise, using a risk based approach
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.
About us:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Gloucester team. You can be confident of becoming part of a welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive team.
Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations..
The suitable candidate will be well supported within their role and will receive regular supervision. We fully support hybrid and agile working and ask teams to be in the office on days they are working together and holding their ‘huddles’ (where teams work together on exploring how to support the people we work with.)
You’ll be entitled to our full benefits package, including:
15. 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
16. Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
17. Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers
18. Accredited post-qualified training opportunities, enabling you to develop your skills
19. Personal licences to Adults CCINFORM
20. Transfer options after one year in post, allowing for continuous development of skills and knowledge in different Adult Social Care settings.
21. Access to mandatory training and additional topical bi-annual workshops.
22. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
23. Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
24. GCC's Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
25. Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
26. Strong emphasis on a supportive working environment and developing our employees with 94% having participated in their annual appraisal and regular health and wellbeing events.
We’re closer than you think:
We are an easy commute from many locations, view our to see what we mean. However, we understand that commuting isn’t for everyone, so if you are in the process of relocating, why not email us to discuss opportunities further. Subject to meeting qualifying conditions, we offer relocation of up to £8,000 to use towards the cost of relocating to Gloucestershire.
Applying:
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile. This should include examples of why you should be considered and the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post. You will find a link below to our Job Description.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Please note: previous worker need not apply
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. The advert will be open for a minimum of 7 calendar days. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.