Senior Social Worker (S75)

Location: The post isin the Assessment to Intervention team (a2i) adult mental health based at St Mary's Hospital.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 'adults at risk' and children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This post comes under the S75 agreement.

The A2i team is an established multi-disciplinary team offering routine holistic assessments for individuals within 4 weeks of the referral and interventions for up to 6 months dependant on identified need.

Your new role

We are looking for Senior Social Worker withprevious mental health experience and an ability to work independently and as part of a team. You will work with individuals and their families in a person-centred way, identifying the best resource to assist with service users needs, and finding creative ways to meet these. You will maintain high standards of care and act as a lead professional to several agreed case whilst promotingindependence, choice and wellbeing of service users and their carers in all aspects of their lives. You will offer comprehensive needs assessment, care plan and risk assessment ensuring the implementation and review of appropriate care and treatment. You will be fully conversant with statutory legislation and guidance and be expected to supervise qualified and unqualified staff as part of Portsmouth commitment to support and nurture its staff.

Who is the person summary:

You will be a Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have substantial social work experience with previous experience of working with individuals with mental health difficulties. You will have a thorough understanding of the legislation that governs the adult social care role and a comprehensive awareness of practice to safeguard adults. With a knowledge of Adult Social Care eligibility criteria, you will be able to effectively manage a caseload, have good evidence-based recording skills and have excellent assessment skills. With experience of being in a supervisory role, you will be a good communicator with the ability to deal with conflict and work on your own initiative, organising your own workload whilst responding to competing demands.

For full details, please review 'who is the person' on the job profile below attached.

About Portsmouth City Council

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Additional Information

Please ensure that you read the job profile for full details on the post.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

Interview date: 26/27 March 2026.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we have a large number of applications.

Our recruitment process

Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants' page: Support for applicants - Careers portal

You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person'points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that you will be successful.

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You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

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Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Standard/Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBSprivacy noticebefore submitting any information.

You will need to explain any gaps in your career history within the last 5 years - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contactrecruit@portsmouthcc.gov.ukor call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800.