Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Various
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 plus £3,300 market premia payment for Level 3 Social Workers
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent & Fixed Term
Closing Date: Thursday 17th July 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:
- Mental Health Hospital Team (fixed term until 31/03/26, 37 hours per week)
- Mental Health Hospital Team (2 permanent vacancies, 37 hours per week)
- Assertive Inreach (fixed term until 31/03/26, 37 hours per week)
Our Teams
The Mental Health Hospital’s Team supports the residents of Leicestershire and Rutland. Working alongside health partners, to ensure that the patient receives a safe, person centred and coordinated discharge. You will be required to visit in-patients at Mental Health Hospital’s.
The Assertive Inreach Team is a new service funded by Better Care. Assertive Inreach assist hospital patients with mental health difficulties to maintain their finances during an in-patient stay, link to community resources and ensure that they are ready for discharge. You will be required to visit in-patients at the Bradgate Hospital and other wards linked with the hospital around the county.
Assertive Inreach work with individuals that are resident in City, County and Rutland.
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)
All our teams are friendly and supportive, with regular supervision and our employees have manageable workloads. The teams 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.
- Have 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 of effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
- Have experience of partnership working with adults to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
- Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertive and conflict management and able to 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.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
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: [email protected]
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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By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
About Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.
Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.
For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:
Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
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