Our client based in Shropshire is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join their Community Team, supporting adults across the North Shropshire locality. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled practitioner to work with older adults, people with physical disabilities, and individuals with complex care and support needs, delivering strengths-based and person-centred interventions that promote independence and wellbeing.
The successful candidate will manage a complex caseload whilst providing high-quality assessments, care planning, safeguarding interventions, and professional social work support. Working within Adult Social Care, you will play a key role in helping people remain safely within their own homes and communities, reducing reliance on long-term services wherever possible. You will work collaboratively with health professionals, carers, families, and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes and support effective service delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Core duties include:
Undertaking Care Act 2014 assessments, reviews, and support planning for adults with disabilities, older people, and their carers.
Managing a complex caseload within the North Shropshire locality, ensuring statutory responsibilities are delivered to a high professional standard.
Applying strengths-based practice to support individuals to maximise independence, wellbeing, and community participation.
Developing and reviewing person-centred care and support plans that reflect individual needs, strengths, and desired outcomes.
Contributing to safeguarding enquiries and Multi-Agency Protection of Vulnerable Adults procedures, including investigations and risk management processes.
Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and contributing to Best Interest decision-making in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Working with individuals in hospital settings to facilitate appropriate, timely, and safe discharges back into the community.
Coordinating services and support arrangements to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and promote independent living.
Working collaboratively with health colleagues, housing providers, carers, voluntary organisations, and other partner agencies to deliver integrated support.
Identifying, assessing, and managing risk whilst balancing individual rights, choice, and autonomy.
Promoting service user engagement and ensuring people, their families, and carers are involved in assessment, planning, and decision-making processes.
Maintaining accurate and timely case records, assessments, reports, and support plans in line with legislative and organisational requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
Professional Qualification: MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification.
Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England (SWE).
Experience: Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care, including complex assessments, safeguarding, and community-based social work.
Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated statutory guidance.
Assessment Skills: Proven ability to undertake complex assessments, reviews, support planning, and risk management.
Safeguarding Experience: Experience contributing to safeguarding investigations and multi-agency adult protection procedures.
Hospital Discharge Experience: Experience supporting timely and effective discharge planning and community-based support arrangements.
Multi-Agency Working: Strong experience working in partnership with health professionals, community services, carers, and other statutory and voluntary sector organisations.
Communication Skills: Excellent communication, analytical, report-writing, and decision-making skills with the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively.
Driving Licence: Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is desirable due to the…