Social Worker, Community Health

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Social Worker
• Job Location:
  
  Redwood House
• Salary: £38,220 - £40,777 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Closing Date: 08/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 10728
• This post is not open to job share

If you're a qualified Social Worker in the UK and looking to move to Gloucestershire, we offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000
* subject to qualifying conditions. There's never been a better time to make the move! Watch our video to learn all that #ourSouth

West has to offer!

Minimum of 1 year’s experience working in an Adults Social Worker role, currently registered with SWE and looking to move Certificate of Sponsorship and relocate to Gloucestershire. Then read on!

Our vision for the people we work with is for them to lead full and active lives where they are supported to be independent as far as they can be. We want people to have choice and control over the services and support they receive and have access to services that use resources creatively. To help us to achieve our vision we focus on making Adult Social Care a place where people want to work and feel supported to deliver quality practice so they can focus on people first.

See how we #makethedifference in transforming lives and reinvigorating social work in the county by reading our Community Care Editorial.

We have a full-time (37 hours) Social Worker opportunity in our Stroud Locality Team. To find out more about our Stroud Team, please visit our “Meet the Teams” webpage or if you want to learn more about team, please email @ASCRecrui to arrange an informal discussion with the Team Manager.

Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events;
Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Gloucestershire County Council. You can be confident of becoming part of a welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive team.

• Regular formal and informal support
• Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
• Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See more about our Values on our website. If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you!

In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

Please note you must hold a full driving licence and have the willingness to drive (exceptions under the Equality Act may apply).

We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean. For interested professionals located in Wales and Scotland, please contact us to discuss your application.

Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Description. This should include examples of why you…