Adults Social Worker

Job Introduction

The Adult Learning Disability and Autism Service undertakes assessment, support planning, review and case management support alongside people living with learning disabilities, autism and neurodiversity ensuring that they, their families/carers and the people important to them are supported to live the life that they want to live in their chosen community.

We're proud of the work that we do and when you join our team, you'll be enabling the people we support to live their best life.

This is a hugely diverse social work role. No one day is the same! You'll open the door to lives of independence, fulfilment and joy, and your impact won't stop there. This positive change will be felt across families and throughout the Staffordshire communities we're proud to serve.

You will have access to post-registration training and our unique Social Work Learning Academy.

Main Responsibility

As a Social Worker in this team, you'll:

• Have a passion for supporting adults to achieve their full potential and want to gain further experience in improving outcomes.
• Have the chance to support adults from the very start of their journey, reviewing their goals and ambitions.
• Continue to promote independence and opportunities, ensuring that these have positive outcomes.
• Undertake assessments, support planning, review and case management to support adults with a learning disability and/or autism ensuring that they, their families/carers and the people important to them are supported to live the life that they want to live.

The Ideal Candidate

The minimum criteria that will be used to shortlist for this role will be:

• Registration with Social Work England
• A proven track record of a person centred, and asset focused outlook and you'll have high professional standards.
• Commitment to undergo appropriate training to achieve assessed year in practice (ASYE) where required
• Experience of planning personalised individual support for adults, with a learning disability
• Understanding of the legislative and policy context of services for adults with a learning disability, including case law and findings from enquiries.
• Understanding of learning disability and the impact, for individuals, their families and society
• Knowledge of adult physical, intellectual emotional and social development and family dynamics.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Legislation including section 117 and some experience of applying the Mental Capacity Act assessments, Best Interest Assessments.
  
• You'll also be:
• Motivated by the purpose of your role - to help and support others.
• A real team player, you'll be able to flex to the needs of the team.
• Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development
• Interested in undertaking approved mental health practitioner qualification (AMHP), Practice Educator (PE) training or Best Interest Assessor (BIA)

Interviews will be held during the week starting 30th November 2026

Don't feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Louisa Treherne, service lead at: louisa.treherne@staffordshire.gov.uk or Kerry Adams, team manager at: kerry.adams@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.

For information, please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children and Families to realign individual teams and the wider team's ways of working. As a result, this role may be affected by the review. For further information, please speak to the hiring manager.

Please note: The minimum criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes detailed below.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council

Our Values

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

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Salary

£40,444 - £45,529 per annum

Working conditions

Contract: Permanent Full time

Working hours: 37

Pay frequency: Annual