Social Worker - Exmouth, Woodbury and Budleigh Salterton CHSCT

Permanent

Full Time, 37 hours per week

Social Worker – Woodbury, Exmouth and Budleigh Community Health and Social Care Team

Are you a dedicated and compassionate Social Worker looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of adults in your local community?

We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to join our Woodbury, Exmouth and Budleigh Community Health and Social Care Team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a supportive and forward-thinking team, where you will be encouraged to use your professional judgement, build on your strengths and deliver high-quality, person-centred social work.

About the Role

In this full-time position, you will play a key role in supporting adults with a diverse range of needs and circumstances. You will work alongside individuals, their families, carers and other professionals to understand what matters to them, identify their strengths and help them achieve positive outcomes.

You will take a strengths-based and person-centred approach, supporting people to maintain their independence, wellbeing and connections within their communities wherever possible. The role will provide plenty of variety and opportunities to use your social work skills, professional curiosity and creativity to find solutions that make a genuine difference.

Your work will include:

• Undertaking strengths-based assessments and reviews, ensuring the individual remains at the heart of decision-making.
• Working with adults with a range of needs, including those experiencing complex or changing circumstances.
• Developing proportionate, creative and person-centred support plans that promote independence and positive outcomes.
• Working collaboratively with families, carers, health colleagues, community organisations and other professionals.
• Applying relevant legislation, policy and best practice confidently within your day-to-day work.
• Identifying and responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns and balancing individual choice, independence and risk.
• Advocating for individuals and ensuring their wishes, views and desired outcomes are reflected throughout your involvement.
• Contributing to a positive team culture through reflective practice, shared learning and collaborative working.

About You

We are looking for someone who is passionate about good social work and committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for the people they support.

You will bring strong communication and relationship-building skills, together with the ability to work confidently with complexity and manage competing priorities. You will be comfortable working collaboratively while also using your professional judgement to make well-informed decisions.

We would particularly welcome someone who:

• Is a qualified Social Worker with the appropriate professional registration.
• Has experience of working with adults and applying social work legislation and practice.
• Takes a compassionate, strengths-based and solution-focused approach.
• Is confident in completing assessments, support planning and managing risk.
• Can build effective relationships with individuals, families, carers and partner professionals.
• Demonstrates professional curiosity and is confident having respectful but sometimes challenging conversations.
• Values reflective practice, learning and continued professional development.
• Works well as part of a team and is willing to share knowledge, ideas and experience with colleagues.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to join a team where good social work practice, collaboration and positive outcomes for people are at the heart of what we do.

You will have the opportunity to develop your experience across a varied caseload, work closely with colleagues from different professional backgrounds and contribute to a team that values learning, reflection and new ideas.

If you are an experienced Social Worker who wants to use your skills to help people remain independent, connected and supported within their communities, we would love to hear from you.

Social Worker Career Pathway

We have implemented the first phase of a new Social Worker Career Pathway within our Adults Services, with our vacancies available at the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) levels. Our Social Worker and Experienced Social Worker roles align with the national Professional Capability Framework (PCF) for Social Workers, which provides a robust structure for all local authorities to use as a way of standardising professional capabilities and provides a clear career pathway.

This is a fantastic opportunity to provide you with an achievable, clear pathway for your career; to enable you as a practitioner to reflect and identify your own practice and development on the PCF pathway.

If successful in being shortlisted for interview, your experience, skills and knowledge, will be assessed against the PCF domains and if found appointable, this will determine your appointment to either the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker level (Grade G).

With on-going learning and support from your line manager, those appointed as a Social Worker will be able to evidence incremental learning and submit an application in due course for progression to the Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) via a portfolio of supporting evidence against the PCF framework.

What we can offer you

• We are committed to your continuous professional development, doing all we can to help you to get the most from your career. You will receive excellent support and supervision, with regular opportunities to discuss and reflect on your practice, both with your line manager and peers.

• 26 days annual leaveper year (rising with length of service) plus Bank Holidays effective from 1 April 2024.

• Flexible working opportunities are available, these include part-time hours, flexitime, compressed working hours and homeworking (this is subject to the needs of the role – please discuss at further at interview)

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme- more information can be found on the Peninsula Pensions website.

• Access to our confidential Employee Assistance Programme– available 24/7 to support you with personal and work life.

• Discounts from local and high street retailersthrough the Devon Discounts scheme.

• As a place to live and work, Devon is hard to beat with top-performing schools, universities, vibrant cities, pretty villages and some of the most scenic coast and countryside in the UK. Living and working in Devon as a Social Workerhas never been more attractive.

For an informal discussion, please contact Donna-Marie Wilson via email on donna-marie.wilson@devon.gov.uk or call on 01395 282025.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 16th November 2026.

How to apply

Please ensure when completing your application form that you provide a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the essential and desirable criteria as described in the person specification of the job description. Applications may not be taken forwards if the supporting statement is not adequately completed.

Internal Applicants, please note: If you are an existing DCC employee, please use your iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) details to log in and apply.

Please click here to see the Job Description for Grade F

Please click here to see the Job Description for Grade G

• DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.

• For details on the use of AI in applications and Devon County Council’s use of AI in Recruitment please see Use of AI in Our Recruitment Processes - Working for Devon | Devon County Council

• Happy to Talk Flexible Working- The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc.

• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

• This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.

• Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.

• For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.

• We cannot consider visa sponsorship at this time. UK Right to Work is required. For further guidance on right to work in the UK, please visit: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

• This role requires a DBS disclosure.
• This role requires Social Work England Registration (SWE).