Social Worker
(Adult Social Care, Home First and Neighbourhood)
Salary Range: SCP 26 £37,280 – SCP 34 £45,091 pa Career Grade (Bar at £39,152 & £40,777 & £42,839) depending on experience
Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Social Work Career?
Are you an ambitious Social Worker looking for your next challenge? If you're passionate about making a real difference and want to develop your career in a supportive, forward-thinking organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
At South Tyneside Council, you'll join a team where Social Workers are valued, supported and empowered to thrive. We offer competitive salaries, flexible and hybrid working arrangements, manageable caseloads, and exceptional opportunities for learning, development and career progression.
Whether you're looking to expand your skills, work towards additional qualifications, or progress into specialist and leadership roles, we'll invest in your future through a comprehensive learning and development programme, including support to further your post-qualifying development.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Hospital Discharge Team, playing a vital role in supporting adults with care and support needs to achieve the outcomes that matter most to them.
Working in a fast-paced and rewarding environment, you will undertake a range of assessments and interventions, working closely with individuals, families, carers, health colleagues and partner organisations to support safe, timely and person-centred hospital discharges.
You'll be at the heart of delivering our Home First and Discharge to Assess approach, ensuring people spend no longer in hospital than necessary and are supported to recover, regain independence and remain connected to their communities. Rather than making long-term decisions in a hospital setting, you'll help ensure assessments take place in the most appropriate environment, focusing on people's strengths, what matters to them, and the support available within their families and communities.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with NHS and partner agencies to facilitate seamless transitions from hospital, reduce delays, promote independence and improve outcomes for local people. This is an opportunity to make a real difference every day by helping people return to the place they call home and supporting them to live as independently as possible.
South Tyneside Council is committed to innovation, partnership working and continuous improvement. We are leading the way in developing strengths-based, person-centred approaches that focus on prevention, recovery and reducing long-term dependency on services.
The successful applicant will share our enthusiasm for improving outcomes for people, contributing to service development and influencing performance at an individual, team and service level.
In return, you'll benefit from a wide range of tailored Continuing Professional Development opportunities, alongside ongoing support to help you achieve your career aspirations.
About You
We're looking for enthusiastic and motivated Social Workers who are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred practice.
You will:
- Be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
- Have experience of working within Adult Social Care and a sound understanding of relevant legislation, hospital discharge guidance and best practice.
- Be passionate about promoting independence, wellbeing, choice and control.
- Have excellent communication, assessment and partnership-working skills.
- Be committed to your own professional development and continuous learning.
Most importantly, you'll share our ambition to support people to live the best lives possible and be excited by the opportunity to contribute to service innovation and improvement.
Why Join South Tyneside?
This is an exciting time to join Adult Social Care in South Tyneside.
Our vision is to help every person with care and support needs to Live Better Lives by building on their strengths, promoting independence and ensuring they remain safe, well and connected within their communities.
You'll be joining a forward-thinking council that places People, Place and Partnerships at the heart of everything we do. Together with our partners, we're transforming services, embedding strengths-based practice, streamlining processes and developing innovative approaches that improve outcomes for residents.
We are committed to helping our staff grow and succeed through our CARE Values and Behaviours Framework, empowering colleagues to be:
Curious. Accountable. Responsive. Empowered.
Joining us now means being part of an ambitious transformation journey, helping to shape and embed co-production, deliver innovative models of care and support, and influence the future of Adult Social Care in South Tyneside.
If you're passionate about supporting people to achieve the best possible outcomes, promoting independence and delivering effective Home First and Discharge to Assess practice, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us and help people live better lives.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Emma Mason, Hospital Discharge Manager,
[email protected]
We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere
South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
For those posts where there is a requirement to either work in or enter a Care Quality Commission Regulated Care Home (CQC) it would be preferred but optional, that you have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (unless medical exempt) as a condition of employment.
We do not currently offer skilled worker visa sponsorship.
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Closing date: Noon, 11 September 2026
Interviews will take place on 30 September 2026 