Social Worker (Urban and Rural Teams) – Career Grade Opportunity
Salary Range: 34 434 - 44 078
Location: Craven House, Barrow-in-Furness
Hours: 37 hours (Urban) / 25.5 hours (Urban) / 18.5 hours (Rural)
(We want to be as flexible as possible and would be happy to discuss requests for alternative working hours at interview)
Contract Type: Permanent
We apply a career grade system to our Social Worker roles, meaning your starting salary will depend on your competencies, experience, and qualifications. We then support staff to progress through the career grade in line with their development against the requirements at each step of the grade.
To allow us to maintain the right balance of skills and experience across our team, we are ideally looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience of post qualifying practice in Social Work.
About this opportunity
Would you like to work in a positive, close-knit and supportive environment, where you can make a real impact in people's lives on a day-to-day basis? Join our Rural or Urban team and be part of a passionate group of professionals dedicated to achieving meaningful outcomes for the people we support.
We work with Older Adults and adults with physical disabilities aged 18+ offering you a rewarding role with real variety. You’ll contribute to both our Enhanced Duty Function and longer-term casework, collaborating closely with colleagues across Occupational Therapy, Care Services, and Health to deliver the best possible support.
We offer a supportive 2-week induction programme, allowing you to confidently integrate into our team, including an introduction to Adult Social Care in Westmorland and Furness Council with our Advanced Practice Lead Team, where you will get the opportunity to meet your colleagues from across the Service
If you’re looking for a role where you can grow your skills, feel valued, and make a positive difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.
Who we are looking for…
Adult Social Care vision is “People living in a place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter to them.”
We are looking for the right people, with the right values and behaviours to join our teams across Adult Social Care. We’d like to hear more about you, your motivations, interests and values on your application, including what attracted you to this role and how you feel your values relate to the role.
For more detail and the essential criteria required for these roles please read the attached Job Specifications.
What can we offer you!
Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance, and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)
Would you like to find out more?
For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below documents:
If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact Rebecca Charlton, Urban Team Manager at: rebecca.charlton@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk or Louise Johns, Rural Team Manager at: louise.johns@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Application and Interview information
Closing date: 03/11/2025
Interview date: 19/112025
Interviews will be in person at Craven House in Barrow in Furness. If you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss this with you.
Please Note: Interviews for roles within Adult Social Care, working directly with vulnerable adults, will be conducted in person.
Westmorland and Furness Council are now able to offer sponsorship for Skilled Worker Visa applications for eligible roles. Please note, we cannot guarantee the eligibility of all of our roles, therefore, if you would like more information on roles that may be eligible please visit the government website - Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes - GOV.UK.
Safer Recruitment & DBS
At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with an Adults Barred List check.
Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.
