Overview
Location: Craven House, Barrow-in-Furness. Contract Type: Permanent. Hours: 37 per week. Salary: £38,220 - £44,075. Job reference REQ00000019518. Date posted 04/02/2026. Application closing date 04/03/2026.
About this opportunity
Would you like to work in a positive, close-knit and supportive environment, where you can make a real impact in people lives on a day-to-day basis? Join our Urban team and be part of a passionate group of professionals dedicated to achieving meaningful outcomes for the people we support.
We work with Older Adults and adults with physical disabilities aged 18+ offering you a rewarding role with real variety. You’ll contribute to both our Enhanced Duty Function and longer-term casework, collaborating closely with colleagues across Occupational Therapy, Care Services, and Health to deliver the best possible support.
We offer a supportive 2-week induction programme, allowing you to confidently integrate into our team, including an introduction to Adult Social Care in Westmorland and Furness Council with our Advanced Practice Lead Team, where you will get the opportunity to meet your colleagues from across the Service.
If you’re looking for a role where you can grow your skills, feel valued, and make a positive difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.
Career grade
We apply a career grade system to our Social Worker roles, meaning your starting salary will depend on your competencies, experience, and qualifications. We then support staff to progress through the career grade in line with their development against the requirements at each step of the grade.
We encourage the right balance of skills and experience across our teams within Adult Social Care and would welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced candidates for these roles.
Who we are looking for
Adult Social Care vision is “People living in a place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter to them.”
We are looking for the right people, with the right values and behaviours to join our teams across Adult Social Care. We’d like to hear more about you, your motivations, interests and values on your application, including what attracted you to this role and how you feel your values relate to the role.
To allow us to maintain the right balance of skills and experience across our team, we are ideally looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience of post qualifying practice in Social Work.
What can we offer you
Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)
Would you like to find out more?
For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:
Social Worker (PG8447)
* Grade 11: £38,220 - £39,152
* Post Specification
* Role Profile
Social Worker (PG8446)
* Grade 13: £42,839 - £44,075
* Post Specification
* Role Profile
If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact Rebecca Charlton, Urban Team Manager at: rebecca.charlton@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk or Louise Johns, Rural Team Manager at: louise.johns@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Application and Interview information
Closing date: 4 March 2026.
We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Interview details such as venue and timings will be shared with successful candidates, following the shortlisting process. If you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss this with you.
Safer Recruitment & DBS
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check with an Adults Barred List check. This role involves working in regulated activity with Adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with Adults.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences. As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview. We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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