Advanced Practitioner Social Worker - Health Interface Service; Adults

Advanced Practitioner Social Worker - Health Interface Service (Adults) Closing in 7 days (9 February, 2026) Job details

Department:
Social Care

Working pattern:
Full Time

Location:

Somerset

Transform lives, champion rights & support adults to achieve their full potential.

• Locations:
  Taunton and Yeovil
• Starting salary £41,771 rising annually, currently up to £46,142
• Full time, 37 hours per week
• Ideal opportunity for an experienced practitioner looking for their next step
• 30 days annual leave entitlement

We are able to offer sponsorship for this role if you are already residing in the UK. As such, we are able to proceed with candidates who already have a sponsorship and are looking to apply this to a new opportunity if successful.

We are a hospital-based team supporting Somerset residents to return to their gloriously ordinary lives following a hospital admission. Our ethos throughout our practice means we’ll aim to return people to their homes if they are able to.

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will;

• Have managerial and performance oversight of a team of staff who will be tailoring solutions around individuals’ needs when they no longer require an acute hospital admission by working with the individual, their families and our health and community partners
• Proactively support timely discharge processes by working with Discharge Liaison Services
• Maintain pace and focus on the individual and their discharge.
• Be able to use performance and hospital related data to prioritise resource as and when required to accommodate periods of escalation.
• Utilise the intermediate care model to assess services with NHS and care providers on a locality basis so that individuals remain in their own homes wherever possible
• Under direction from the Service Manager provide social care challenge to health colleagues regarding decision making, planning and legal requirements.
• Work closely with community, health and the third sector, through the neighbourhood hubs to provide better outcomes for people, develop plans and reduce the need for readmission
• Liaising with key partners to facilitate improved provision of services, team training and recruitment
• Support admission avoidance work

Our Team Philosophy

Our philosophy is hopeful social work, Clark and Hoffler lay claim to social work/social care being the ‘profession of hope’. They describe Social Workers as being the holders of hope for individuals and that we should dispense hope wherever we go. Robert Ludlum, “ Hope is the only thing stronger than fear”

We challenge where we see pessimism about a person’s future and ask but why not home? We think outside the norm and are demanding of our commissioning colleagues.

We have;

• A positive, optimistic outlook
• An understanding of the reality of oppression and help to advocate for the person
• A belief in the possibility of change
• An ability to imagine a different way of doing things.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But to be successful in this role you will:

• Be a registered social worker with Social Work England with an enhanced continuous development record
• Have experience of working to an advanced social work level
• Be autonomous in your decision making of adult safeguarding situations
• Have a strong sense of social justice and of working from a strengths based social work perspective
• Have a sound knowledge of the legal literacy within social care
• Have access to/use of a vehicle is an essential requirement for this role

At Somerset Council, we work hard to attract the best staff, and we want to make sure that once you are on board, you are well supported and rewarded for the work you do.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• This grade offers 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to request to buy up to 2 weeks additional annual leave pro rata.
• Hybrid working options where the role allows.
• A clear career pathway with apprenticeships, professional,…