Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £42,839 - £49,282 per annum (plus benefits)
Location: Wokingham Borough Council
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 24/08/2025 at 23:00
Reference: 711564
We have a fantastic opportunity available for a Social Worker to join our incredible Adult Social Care 18+ Team here at Wokingham Borough Council, on a full time, permanent basis.
As a Social Worker within the Adult Social Care 18+ Team, you will undertake direct work with customers who have a learning disability. The main aim of the service is to enable individuals to live safely in the community, maximising individual’s abilities to care for themselves and supporting carers to continue in their caring role for as long as they’re able to.
There will be an emphasis upon working creatively to identify whether needs can be met in different ways. This will include assessing needs, providing advice and support with signposting, maximising social capital, and collaborating with key teams to provide a seamless service for individuals within the borough.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Social Work degree/registered with Social Work England
• Full EU driving licence (and access to the daily use of a car)
• Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience
• Ability to use standard Microsoft programs and to learn specialist client record systems etc.
• Experience in a Social Care or health care environment.

• To work in accordance with the Care Act 2014 to assess or reassess the needs of customers and their carers, offering access to support services in line with their eligible needs.
• To undertake risk assessments for individual customer situations and formulate risk management plans.
• To work in a person-centred way, ensuring that individual dignity is maintained, cultural and communication needs are addressed, and choices and aspirations are acknowledged and heard.
• It is vital that the worker establishes close working relationships with support services.
• To establish professional relationships with local providers to enable joint working, investigation of new innovative ways of working, and encourage an open and transparent dialogue.
• To ensure that you bring forward good ideas, offer creative solutions, challenge areas where the Council can improve, and to contribute to the Council’s ongoing success.