Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Senior Social Worker
Job Location: Gloucester
Salary: £41,771 - £47,181 per annum pro rata
Hours per Week: 22.2 (3 days per week)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 13/09/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14536
This post is not open to job share
Are you a Social Worker passionate about working with people to promote independence, dedicated to making a difference and looking for your next career move?
We would love to hear from you!
About the role:
We have a part time (22.2 hours) Senior Social Worker position available in our Gloucester Locality Team. The team has a supportive and engaged management structure including an Integrated Social Care Manager, Deputy Social Care Managers, Social Work Leads, Social Care Leads, Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, Social Care Practitioners and an administration team.
The Senior Social Worker role could be the perfect next step of your career; with this role offering you more challenge and complexity, without the added management responsibility. We look to our Senior Social Workers to provide expert social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk. You will work closely with a range of professionals and more senior managers to ensure a balance of support and independence is achieved, through offering expert evidence based opinion.
To find out more about working in the Gloucester Team, visit ‘Meet Our Teams’ by clicking here.
About you:
As a Senior Social Worker, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Gloucestershire. To join us, you must:
Have a social work qualification and be SWE* registered
Have completed your ASYE* programme and have at least 2 years post completion service
Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
Have the passion to promote people’s strengths and the ability to make a difference in a safe working approach to social work practice
Have up to date knowledge of legislation and demonstrable experience of providing credible approaches to practice.
Be able to prioritise, using a risk based approach
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our values on our website.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.
About us:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Gloucester team. You can be confident of becoming part of a welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive team.
Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire .
You’ll be entitled to our full benefits package, including:
Regular formal and informal support
Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
Free staff parking
Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
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.
Cycle to Work scheme
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
We’re closer than you think:
We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean. However, we understand that commuting isn’t for everyone, so if you are in the process of relocating, why not email us to discuss opportunities further. Subject to meeting qualifying conditions, we offer relocation of up to £8,000 to use towards the cost of relocating to Gloucestershire.
Applying:
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile. This should include examples of why you should be considered and the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post. You will find a link below to our Job Description.
For an informal discussion with the team manager, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Additional Information:
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Senior Social Worker - Job Profile
This position is subject to an enhanced Adults DBS with Barred List 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.
The council will consider sponsorship for this role, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk , as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.
By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.
*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
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.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
