This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
1. Job Title: Disabled Children's Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker
2. Job Location: Shire Hall
3. Salary: £39,152 - £47,181 per annum
4. Hours per Week: 37
5. Contract Type: Permanent
6. Closing Date: 28/12/2025
7. Job Requisition Number: 9988
8. This post is open to job share
Gloucestershire is excited to share that we are investing in our Disabled Children's service. We are currently recruiting for a Social Worker or Senior Social Worker to join us on a permanent basis.
Reward and support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
9. between £39,152 - £40,777 for a Social Worker or between £41,771 - £47,181 per annum for a Senior Social Worker subject to experience
10. annual retention payment of £2,000*
11. welcome payment of £4,000*
12. relocation allowence of up to £8,000*
13. flexible and agile working opportunities
14. 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
15. option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
16. family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
17. supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
18. Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
19. access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
20. an in-house Occupational Health service
21. employee discount scheme
22. cycle to work scheme
23. links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
24. career development and qualification opportunities
25. access to our Social Work Academy
26. Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
27. Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
Right child, right support, right time, every time
In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’
This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.
Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About the role
As a Senior/ Social Worker in the Disabled Children's Service, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people of Gloucestershire. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within the service and partner agencies, you will make sure we are able to provide support and protection for children and young people in need and at risk.
You will be part of a growing service which boast a permanent and stable management team, committed to driving forward improvement and outcomes for disabled children and young people.
About you
As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
28. Social Work England registration
29. a recognised qualification in Social Work
30. to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) - if you qualified after 2012
31. a full driving licence and willingness to drive
32. DBS clearance
How to apply
Interviews for this post will be held in person at Shire Hall week commencing 5th January 2026.
*Please note that our welcome and retention payments are non contractual, and subject to tax and national insurance deductions
We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable amount of applications or fill the vacancy/vacancies.
We may be able to offer sponsorship for this role, in line with Home Office guidance and subject to pre-employment checks. Applicants must already hold a valid right to work in the UK that Gloucestershire County Council can transfer.
Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview to understand your suitability to work with vulnerable children. These references will then be discussed in your interview. Please give details of at least two referees, one of whom must be your present and/or last employer and the other from a previous employer(s). These will need to cover the last three years of employment/education. In the case of applicants leaving full time education or not having worked since doing so, the Head of School, College or University should be one of the named referees. We do not accept references from friends or family members or workplace colleagues (who are not more senior). To ensure we process your application in a speedy and efficient way, we will contact your referees by DocuSign. Where appropriate, please inform them of your application.
Additional Information
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This position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.