Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE38RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker, up to 2 days a week in the office

Salary: £31,074 - £33,294 for Newly Qualified Social Workers, £34,350 to £37,950 for Level 2 Social Workers, £38,700 to £41,373 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) Pay Award Pending plus £3,300 market premia payment for Level 3 Social Workers

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Fixed Term – 12 Months

Closing Date: Tuesday 12th August 2025

Here at Leicestershire County Council, we have exciting opportunities available to Newly Qualified Social Workers, as well as experienced Level 2 and Level 3 Social Workers, with a passion for working in collaboration with people facing a wide range of issues.

About the Role

We are now delighted to be able to offer vacancies within the following teams:

• Young Adult Disabilities Team

We are looking for:

• Newly Qualified Social Workers: £31,074 to £33,294
• Level 2 Social Worker: £34,350 to £37,950
• Level 3 Social Worker: £38,700 to £41,373 plus market supplement of £3,300 (£42,000 to £44,673)

Are you passionate about supporting young people to prepare for adulthood and enabling young people to achieve their aspirations and outcomes? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker in the Young Adult Disabilities Team.

The Young Adult Disabilities team (YAD) is a county wide service who support young people with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), who are likely to have needs for care and support as an adult to ensure those eligible social care needs will be met when they become 18.

The Care Act stipulates that preparation for adulthood should begin well before a young person reaches the age of 18. It is therefore crucial that the YAD Team can begin the process of co-working and complete the adult social care assessment and support plan at an appropriate stage prior to the young person’s 18th birthday.

Good preparation for adult life needs to start early and high aspirations are crucial to success. The focus should be on the young person’s strengths and capabilities and the outcomes they want to achieve.

To plan successfully, all services involved in the young person’s life need to actively engage and support the planning for adulthood. An essential part of your role will be working collaboratively with children’s services, education, and health.

YAD team social workers focus on the completion of assessments in line with The Care Act 2014, safeguarding vulnerable adults, completing Mental Capacity Assessments/Best Interests decisions and the preparation of court reports.

Our team is friendly and supportive, with regular supervision and our employees have manageable workloads. The team hold weekly Group Supervision Meetings, to promote the best possible outcomes for the people we work with across Leicestershire. We provide a comprehensive induction package with ongoing access to bespoke learning and development opportunities. This includes tailored continuous professional development sessions and access to academic research and practice expertise to develop skills, experience and inform our employee’s practice.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us, please visit:

Social Worker recruitment

Working in Adult Social Care

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England.
• Knowledge of social work methodologies, social care policies, such as person-centred approaches and asset-based social work, and relevant legislation, including the Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act.
• Have experience in effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
• Have experience in partnership working with adults to identify and meet needs with creative and pragmatic solutions.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertiveness, and conflict management and can build effective working relationships.
• Be able to work proactively individually, but also as a team member.
• Have good prioritisation and time management skills, and have a valid UK driving licence or access to a vehicle

We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Chelbie Shepherd, Resourcing Co-ordinator

Telephone: 0116 305 5973

Email: chelbie.shepherd@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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