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Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
We currently have exciting new opportunities for Social Workers in the following teams:
* Adult Disability Team
* Preparing for Adulthood Team
* Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Team
* Community Older People Team
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council,
Social Workers - Adult Social Care
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
We currently have exciting new opportunities for Social Workers in the following teams:
* Adult Disability Team
* Preparing for Adulthood Team
* Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Team
* Community Older People Team
We are looking to appoint Social Workers who are enthusiastic and passionate about changing the lives of people with care and support needs, and carers, through the promotion of wellbeing and choice, making a real difference and enabling them to increase their independence and have fulfilling lives, free from harm and abuse.
We welcome applications from newly qualified Social Workers as well as experienced Social Workers looking for a change in career or wishing to develop their skills and experience. You will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and abilities across a broad range of social work activity, such as assessment and care planning and safeguarding.
Our Teams
Adult Disability Team:
Based at Moat Lane, central Solihull, our Adult Disability team support adults with a learning disability, physical disability and/or autism. You will be part of a highly experienced and dedicated team delivering effective supervision and leadership to embed a strengths-based model of assessment and support, promoting independence and well-being and achieving better outcomes for people, carers and their families.
Preparing for Adulthood Team:
Based at Moat Lane, our Preparing for Adulthood Team work across Children’s Services and Adult Services. Working as part of an experienced team, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering our service, providing a specialist social work service to ensure a smooth transition for young people into adult care and support services within Solihull.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Team (DoLS):
Based at the Bluebell Centre, Chelmsley Wood, our Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Team plays a key role in overseeing the effective application of DoLS legislation within a small, specialised and ambitious team.
It is also a requirement that Social workers in the DoLS team are experienced Best Interest Assessors (BIA), as you will be required to lead on assessments to safeguard individuals’ rights while balancing legal and operational responsibilities.
Community Older People Team :
Based at Moat Lane, this busy and supportive team are responsible for supporting, safeguarding and assessing the needs of older adults over the age of 70, people with dementia and their carers.
About Us
You would be joining us in Solihull at an exciting time as we change the way in which we deliver our services, and we work in a more agile way. As a Social Worker in Solihull, you will benefit from manageable caseloads and an inclusive and supportive team culture with great scope for professional development.
Within both teams, we also offer comprehensive training with opportunities to study to be a Best Interest Assessor or Practice Educator which provides a positive base for supervision skills. We also offer a 12-month Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for newly qualified social workers.
Social Work England registration fees are also paid for qualified Social Workers.
To find out more about working in Adult Social Care including the vision and priorities for the Adult Social Care Directorate, please click here
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* A professional Social Work qualification and be Social Work England registered or be in the final academic year of a professional Social Work qualification with pending Social Work England registration.
* Knowledge of safeguarding principles and relevant legislation.
* Experience of delivering person-centred and strengths-based working including assessments and reviews.
* Detailed knowledge of the care legislation including the continuing health care framework.
* Experience of assessment, the development and planning of care and of positive risk management.
* Effective communication skills and experience of collaborative working to build effective working relationships.
* Above all, a passion for supporting adults with disabilities to live fulfilling lives and maximise their opportunities for independence.
Our Offer to You
You will be part of a team where you will be really valued, with the opportunity to shape and improve the services we deliver to our diverse community. We have close partnerships across agencies in the borough and are a small and friendly local authority with good relationships across adult care and support.
We understand that our employees have commitments and interests outside work and encourage good work-life balance by offering a flexible and agile working environment. This is further supplemented by generous annual leave entitlements with the opportunity to purchase up to 10-days additional leave per year, a flexitime scheme with up to 24 days per year, staff discounts, family and carer friendly policies and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Working on a hybrid basis; these roles will include a combination of office and home working with face-to-face visits and assessments being an essential element of the role, as well as taking part in our office-based duty service.
Contact Us
To apply, please click the link.
Or if you would like an informal discussion about these posts, please contact our Team Managers, as follows:
* Preparing for Adulthood Team: Chantella Shaban at chantella.shaban@solihull.gov.uk
* Adult Disability Team: Louise Redsull at louise.redsull@solihull.gov.uk.
* DoLS Team: David Mullane at David.mullane@solihull.gov.uk
* Community Older People Team: Jenny Breen at jenny.breen@solihull.gov.uk
Closing date for applications is 23 July 2025.
Interviews will take place during week commencing 4 August 2025.
Further Information
This post requires a DBS Check.
This post is covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and a commitment to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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