Job Details

Here at Leicester City Council, we are passionate about using a strengths based approach to listen and understand what a good life looks like people who come into contact with us. We have conversations that start with people’s own strengths, make connections with families, friends and local communities to achieve the outcomes that matter and improve their wellbeing. When care and support is required, we work with people to find solutions to live their lives as independently as possible.

Join us and you’ll find a supportive team and a positive learning culture that supports you to work flexibly and creatively with people.   You will enjoy working in a diverse multicultural organisation that’s proud to reflect our vibrant city. In an environment that offers plenty of opportunities to develop your expertise, trusts your professional judgement and encourages you to build a rewarding career.

No two days are the same, you’ll be working with people who come into contact with us to have conversations to discuss what matters to them and others around them. You’ll have a can do attitude, a good awareness of the local information and advice that is available and use this to support people and their carers to solutions, drawing on what they already have around them that is working, or could work.  You’ll work in partnership with others across social care, Health, Probation, and Housing teams.

• Experience of working as a qualified Social Worker and holding a complex caseload.
• Undertaking Social Work with people who draw on support, their families, and informal carers.
• Experience of agreeing, coordinating, and monitoring complex plans of support that enable people to achieve their outcomes and promote their well-being.
• Experience of supervising and developing others.
• Experience of writing accurate and evidence-based reports and presenting complex and/or sensitive information in a variety of forums including multi-agency meetings and legal settings.
• Degree in Social Work or an equivalent recognized qualification in Social Work.
• Able to work unsocial hours as and when required to meet the needs of the service.
• Able to travel to and work at locations across the city and assess and visit people within a variety of settings including their own environments and homes. Full driving license.