Social Worker

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Mental Health Social Worker
• Job Location: Gloucestershire
• Salary: £39,481 - £42,123 per annum (pro rata) (see section "Salary" for details)
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Job Requisition Number: 13939
• Closing Date 18/10/2026
• These posts are not open to job share

Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of adults experiencing mental health challenges? If you are committed to empowering individuals, promoting independence, and driving positive change within adult mental health services, then we would love to hear from you!

Our Mental Health Service is growing, and we are looking for dedicated, compassionate, and forward-thinking professionals to join our team. Whether you are an experienced leader or an emerging practitioner, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a service that places people at the heart of everything we do.

We are recruiting for Mental Health Social Workers, to help shape and deliver high quality, person-centred support. You will work countywide within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment where your expertise is valued, your development is supported, and your impact is felt every day.

These roles form part of a new service, with the intention that successful candidates will commence in post on 1st June, subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and notice periods. Learn more about our Mental Health Service: Mental health recruitment - YouTube

About the team/service:

The Mental Health Service at Gloucestershire County Council supports adults who have social care needs arising from a primary, nonorganic mental health condition/s. Our service works across a range of settings, including community and inpatient, providing high quality, person-centred support that empowers people to live as independently and safely as possible.

We take a recovery-focused, strengths-based and trauma-informed approach, placing wellbeing, prevention, and personal autonomy at the heart of everything we do. Our work is grounded in partnership, collaboration, and a deep commitment to improving outcomes for the individuals and communities we serve.

This is an exciting time to join us, as the council reestablishes its Mental Health Service following a Section 75 agreement which is being led by our Leadership team with extensive knowledge and experience of Mental Health Social Work. If you are passionate about supporting adults with mental health needs, share our values, and want to contribute to a service built on compassion, respect and empowerment — we want to hear from you.

About us: Why Gloucestershire?

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 welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive teams.

About you:

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 for Mental Health Social Workers you must hold a full driving licence and have the willingness to drive (exceptions under the Equality Act may apply)

Gloucestershire County Council offers a comprehensive and competitive remuneration package for the following roles:

Salary:

• Skilled Worker Social Worker: £39,481 per annum (pro rata) - For candidates with a minimum of 1 years’ experience working in an Adults Social Worker role, currently registered with SWE and looking to move Certificate of Sponsorship and relocate to Gloucestershire

• Experienced Adults Social Worker: £40,444 - £42,123 per annum (pro rata)

Relocation:

Subject to meeting qualifying conditions, we offer relocation of up to £8,000 (T&Cs apply) to use towards the cost of relocating to Gloucestershire, for qualified Social Workers.

In addition to a competitive remuneration package, we offer a range of benefits, in return for your hard work:

• 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

• Personal licences to Adults CCINFORM

• Reimbursement of professional Social Work registration fees

• 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)

We’re closer than you think:

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.

Applying:

Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Description. This should include examples of why you should be considered and the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.

For an informal discussion, please email ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk

To start your journey with us, click ‘Apply’ today!

Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

Social Worker Adults Job Profile

These positions are subject to an enhanced DBS with Barred List check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council will consider sponsorship for the Social Worker role, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.

By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.