Social Work Professional Lead Advisor

Social Work Professional Lead Advisor

The closing date is 04 February 2026.

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Here at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Stanford Hall, Loughborough, we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent rehabilitation service to our entitled personnel.

We are looking to recruit a C1 Social Work Professional Lead Advisor and Regional Lead who actively demonstrates effective decision making and projects personality and character in this role. The successful candidate will motivate, guide and support members of the multi‑disciplinary team to achieve desired end results, whilst working closely with the Head of Service and DPHC Social Work Cadre.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

As the Social Work Professional Lead Adviser (PLA) you will lead a professional Specialist Hospital Social Work Service, acting as a subject matter expert, for DMRC Stanford Hall. You will be promoting professional best practice, advocacy and advise on education and training for staff and professional supervision, ensuring that Business Continuity issues are in place and that positive collaboration is energetically fostered with external agencies.

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• Market Skills Allowance £5000 (pro rata for part time)
• An extensive training package tailored to your role
• Access to Gym & Pool facilities
• Access to on‑site Cinema
• Free on‑site parking

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you’ve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let’s see where your future will take you, together.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Promote a continuous and flexible Social Work service development and improvement plan, to meet the changing demands of DMRCs patient cohort.
• Act as the Single Point of Contact or Subject Matter Expert for Safeguarding Children and Adults, including PREVENT, Mental Capacity Act, Liberty Protection Safeguards, Court of Protection applications  represent the Ministry of Defence at Family Court hearings and liaising with MOD legal counsel as required.
• Assisting clinical team managers /Clinical Director/ DMRC Quality Improvement Programme with service improvement and audit measures.
• With other PLAs, conduct Service Reviews with clinical teams to identify and advise on service improvement issues.
• Act as a point of contact for military welfare, and third sector agencies working in collaboration with DMRC, and Head of Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) Social Work B2.
• Attend meetings as required to provide SME input on professional matters with internal and external agencies MOD Specialist Welfare Delivery Group, MOD Safeguarding Adults and Children, DPHC National and Overseas Safeguarding Forum, PREVENT etc.
• Ensuring confidentiality and acceptable standard of patient information and case notes, following Caldicott principles and in line with Defence Primary Healthcare policy.
• Attend Cadre meetings, including C1 Management and…