Are you passionate about supporting adults to live independent, fulfilling lives? Do you thrive in a role where every day brings opportunities to make a meaningful difference? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for a motivated and values‑driven Social Worker to join our Adult Social Care service Tiverton & Cullompton Team.
You’ll work as part of an experienced and supportive multi‑disciplinary team, helping adults with care and support needs to achieve positive outcomes through strengths‑based, person‑centred practice.
As a Social Worker in Devon, you will play a key role in providing high‑quality assessments, evidence‑based interventions, safeguarding enquiries, and outcome‑focused care and support planning. You’ll work collaboratively with individuals, families, carers, health partners, and community organisations to promote wellbeing, independence and choice.
We’re committed to your development and will support you through reflective supervision, CPD opportunities, and access to professional networks. Whether you’re newly qualified (having completed your ASYE) or building on existing experience, we will provide the environment you need to grow and thrive.
If you are a social worker who is strengths‑based, solution‑focused, and passionate about improving outcomes for the people of Devon, we’d welcome your application.
Join us and help shape a service where professional curiosity, compassion, and collaboration truly make a difference.
Social Worker Career Pathway
We have implemented the first phase of a new Social Worker Career Pathway within our Adults Services, with our vacancies available at the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) levels. Our Social Worker and Experienced Social Worker roles align with the national , which provides a robust structure for all local authorities to use as a way of standardising professional capabilities and provides a clear career pathway.
This is a fantastic opportunity to provide you with an achievable, clear pathway for your career; to enable you as a practitioner to reflect and identify your own practice and development on the PCF pathway.
If successful in being shortlisted for interview, your experience, skills and knowledge, will be assessed against the PCF domains and if found appointable, this will determine your appointment to either the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker level (Grade G).
With on-going learning and support from your line manager, those appointed as a Social Worker will be able to evidence incremental learning and submit an application in due course for progression to the Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) via a portfolio of supporting evidence against the PCF framework.
What we can offer you
1. We are committed to your continuous professional development, doing all we can to help you to get the most from your career. You will receive excellent support and supervision, with regular opportunities to discuss and reflect on your practice, both with your line manager and peers.
2. We offer 26 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, rising incrementally to 31 days after 5 years’ service.
3. Flexible working opportunities are available, these include part-time hours, flexitime, compressed working hours and homeworking (this is subject to the needs of the role – please discuss at further at interview)
4. Offer an opportunity to enter a generous Local Government Pension Scheme.
5. As a place to live and work, Devon is hard to beat with top-performing schools, universities, vibrant cities, pretty villages and some of the most scenic coast and countryside in the UK. Living and working in Devon as a social worker has never been more attractive.
6. If you are currently living, working or studying in the UK and are looking to relocate to Devon, subject to qualifying conditions and in exceptional circumstances, relocation support of up to £10,000, may be available. Visa sponsorship may also be offered as part of the relocation support package, terms and conditions apply. Please note: At this time, we are unable to consider overseas applications.