Job description
Role: Adult Safeguarding Social Worker
Salary: K £46,142 - £49,282 a year
Location: Council House, Derby
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 28 November 2025
Contract Type: Fixed Term
If you are a great Social Worker with a passion for Safeguarding Adults, please keep reading!
Do you want to work for an Adult Social Care Directorate that innovates to achieve positive change for it’s citizens, and where you have an opportunity to stretch and grow? Are you looking for a change from case management, managing personal budgets and working outside of the hours of 9-5?
We have excellent opportunities for dynamic, confident, autonomous, skilled and highly motivated Social Workers to join the Safeguarding Adults Team, based within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub at Derby City Council. Are you an experienced worker who embraces the challenges of adult safeguarding, this role presents a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your career in adult social care.
In return for your commitment we will provide a supportive team environment with access to develop your own professional practice. You will receive regular supervision, both formally and informally and will be supported to attend training to progress your career along with regular continued professional development and reflective practice sessions with peers.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Adult Safeguarding Social Worker, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
- Work as part of a multi-agency team to respond to safeguarding adult concerns and undertake safeguarding enquiries
- Have meaningful conversations with citizens of Derby about keeping themselves safe and what outcomes they would like as a result of safeguarding enquiries
- Work with citizens and partner agencies to formulate safety plans that make a difference
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…
-A recognised Social Work Qualification
- Current Social Work England Registration
- Required to have successfully completed your ASYE qualification, PQ1 or equivalent qualification.
- Experience of undertaking Safeguarding Adult Enquiries in line with the Care Act 2014.
- The ability to work with citizens of Derby using the principles of community led support, strengths and asset based practice and to promote positive risk taking.
- Understanding of and ability to explain complex legal social and welfare situations, including the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983, The Care Act 2014.
- The ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines, ability to manage complex caseloads.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Good oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Computer/ ICT literacy skills
Next Steps
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