Job description
Are you an experienced adult social worker looking for a new challenge?
Are you passionate about prevention and early intervention to minimise the impact of homelessness?
Do you have experience of working with hard-to-engage individuals, people experiencing multiple areas of disadvantage and/or adults who are homeless, and in completing creative, individualised support planning?
Do you have experience of developing systems and processes to improve partnership working and achieving person-centred outcomes?
If yes, this new and exciting role might be for you
We are recruiting a specialist Rough Sleeper Experienced Social Worker to undertake a role which promotes joint working between the local authority Adult Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and the Housing Rough Sleeping teams.
We are seeking an experienced social worker who is confident in taking a strength-based approach to person-centred practice, is a capable and organised practitioner not afraid to work autonomously and who is comfortable with managing risk. The ability to take a trauma informed approach to assessment and intervention, along with considering executive dysfunction and promoting the person's voice is key.
The successful candidate must have sound legal literacy around core legislation including: Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act and Human Rights Act and be able to 'see the person, not the stereotype'.
You will being a strong communicator and be able to 'think outside of the box' when working with individuals who require a non-standardised approach. Experience of working with individuals living with mental ill health and substance use challenges, who have experienced abuse and alongside people with no recourse to public funds will be particularly useful.
Most importantly, you will demonstrate strong social work values in your daily work, tenacity, professional curiosity and recognise the importance of building relationships with your clients.
This role is fixed term for 12 months and is funded by the Rough Sleeping Initiative.
You will work operationally with the Rough Sleeper team but co-locate, be aligned with and receive line management and professional social work supervision from, the MASH team. Assertive outreach is a core element of the role, therefore flexibility is a key attribute. The post holder may be required to work outside core hours to meet the needs of the client group.
For further information, please contact Kerry Sheridan, Team Manager, Adult MASH.
It is a great time to join us, and we welcome your application.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more here New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council
Job details
Job reference
REQ003762
Date posted
02/10/2025
Application closing date
19/10/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 8 £42,839 - £46,142
Package
1 Fixed term 31/12/2026
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Adult Social Care