Care practitioner Work, Jobs in Taunton, Som (with Salaries)

Adult Social Care Practitioner - Health Interface Service (Adults)
Somerset Council —Taunton
- £28,598 - £32,061 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hospital
- Computer literacy
- English
- Annual leave
14d
SEN 1:1 Nursery Practitioner
Tops Day Nurseries —Taunton
- £8.01 - £14.60 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with children
- Preschool
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
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Vol - Agency Nursery Practitioner
Tops Day Nurseries —Taunton
- £12.22 - £14.30 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with children
- Preschool
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Kitchen Assistant
Tops Day Nurseries —Taunton
- £8.01 - £12.72 an hour
- Full-time
- Serving
- Experience working with children
- Preschool
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Radiographer
Alliance Medical Ltd —Taunton
- £31,500 - £39,000 a year
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Communication skills
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Nursery Floor Supervisor and Quality Lead
Little Explorers Day Nursery and Preschool Taunton —Taunton
- £30,000 - £36,000 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Supervising experience
- Experience working with children
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12d
Family Intervention Worker
Somerset Council —Taunton
- £28,598 - £32,061 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
2d
Early Years Practitioner
Cannington Pre-School —Bridgwater
- £13.50 - £14.00 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- English
- Preschool
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Social Worker - Health Interface Service (Musgrove Park Hospital) (Adults)
Somerset Council —Taunton
- £37,280 - £41,777 a year
- Full-time
- Hospital
- English
- Master's degree
- Annual leave
14d
Qualified Nursery Practitioner
Bambinos Day Nursery —Tiverton
- £13.03 - £13.55 an hour
- Full-time
- Management
- Experience working with children
- In-person
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
Quick apply
2d
Nursery Practitioner
Little Farmers Childcare —Broadclyst
- £12.75 - £14.25 an hour
- Part-time
- In-person
- School
- Teaching
- Sick pay
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10d
Nursing Associate-Endoscopy
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust —Bridgwater
- £28,392 - £31,157 a year
- Part-time
- Patient care
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
13d
Qualified Bank Nursery Practitioner (Holiday Cover)
Muddy Boots Nursery —Tiverton
- £13.03 - £13.55 an hour
- English
- Experience working with children
- In-person
- Employee discount
Quick apply
2d
Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust —Yeovil
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hospital
- English
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
4h
Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust —Bridgwater
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Part-time
- Research
- Master's degree
- Supervising experience
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
1d
Practice Nurse
Cranbrook Medical Practice —Exeter
- £22 an hour
- In-person
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
12d
Health Visitor
Somerset Council —Glastonbury
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- English
- Research
- No degree
- Annual leave
2d
Early Years Practitioner
The Folly Nursery Ltd —Axminster
- From £13 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- English
- Experience working with children
- Free parking
Quick apply
Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust —Bridgwater
- £39,959 - £48,117 a year
- Part-time
- Case management
- Travel
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
4h
Practitioner Psychologist
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust —Taunton
- £49,387 - £56,515 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- No experience needed
- English
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave

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Adult Social Care Practitioner - Health Interface Service (Adults)

Somerset Council -
Taunton

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Job details

Full-time
£28,598 - £32,061 a year
14 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave

Qualifications

Care Act 2014
Level 3 in Health & Social Care
Integration of care pathways
Computer literacy
GCSE
Person-centred care planning
Social work
English
Numeracy
Data entry
Discharge planning
NVQ
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Signposting to community resources
Care planning and needs assessment
Communication skills
Multi-agency care coordination

Full job description

Date: 22 Jul 2026

Location: Taunton, GB, TA1 5DA

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Company: Somerset Council

Closing date: 05/08/2026

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

Location: Taunton, Musgrove Park Hospital
Starting salary £28,598 rising annually, currently up to £32,061 (pending pay award)
Full time, 37 hours per week
Ideal opportunity to join the pathway to become a fully qualified social worker
28 days annual leave entitlement

This is a hospital-based role, and you will be expected to work onsite within the hospital setting. The role will also include weekend working on a rotational basis.

Role Purpose

As an Adult Social Care Practitioner within the Health Interface Service (HIS), you will support adults and carers to live as independently as possible through strengths-based, outcome-focused practice. Working under the supervision of a Locality Manager, you will assess needs, review care arrangements and ensure appropriate support is in place in line with the Care Act 2014.

Within HIS, you will work alongside health and social care colleagues to support people throughout their hospital journey, including admission avoidance, hospital stays, timely discharge planning and transitions from hospital into the community.

You will play an important role in helping people make informed choices, access the right support at the right time, and return home wherever possible with safe, proportionate and sustainable support in place.

Key Responsibilities

Working alongside Health and Social Care colleagues to achieve the best outcomes, including close partnership working with Intermediate Care teams to support Discharge to Assess (D2A) pathways and timely transitions from hospital into the community.
Inform, advise and support adults and carers to access community-based services, including health, housing, welfare benefits, voluntary and user-led organisations.
Deliver agreed assessment and review processes, ensuring statutory duties under the Care Act 2014 are met.
Apply a strengths-based approach, gathering and analysing information to identify sustainable solutions and achieve agreed outcomes.
Manage an agreed caseload with appropriate autonomy, prioritising work according to risk and need.
Co-produce personalised, outcome-focused support plans with adults and carers, including arranging direct payments and commissioned services where appropriate.
Monitor and manage risks, escalating concerns and working alongside partners where shared accountability is required. Identify and involve Social Workers, Occupational Therapists or other specialists where additional professional input is required. Safeguard adults at risk, working in line with statutory safeguarding duties.
Maintain accurate, timely records and contribute to audits, peer forums and service improvement activity.

What We’re Looking For – Essential Skills/Experience

We’re looking for compassionate, resilient practitioners with a commitment to person-centred practice. You will bring:

Experience working in a caring or supportive role, paid or unpaid.
An understanding of the rights of adults and carers and the ability to advocate on their behalf.
The ability to work independently, using initiative and sound judgement.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication methods to meet individual needs.
A positive attitude to using IT systems and maintaining accurate records.
The ability to balance competing priorities and contribute effectively within multi-disciplinary environments.

About the Team/Service

The Health Interface Service is a vital part of Somerset’s integrated health and social care system, supporting people throughout their hospital journey – from admission avoidance and assessment through to discharge planning and recovery.

At the heart of HIS is our philosophy of hopeful social work. We challenge pessimism, advocate for the people we support and ask, “Why not home?” We believe in possibility, independence and helping people achieve the best outcomes by remaining connected to their communities wherever possible.

HIS works at the Front Door as part of an integrated team of health and social care professionals, helping people who do not need admission to return home as quickly and safely as possible.

During a person’s hospital stay, HIS helps to ensure people are discharged at the right time, with the right support, to the right place, so their discharge can be successful.

The service works closely with health colleagues, community partners and intermediate care services, supporting D2A pathways, Home First approaches and timely transitions from hospital into the community.

Joining HIS means becoming part of a motivated, collaborative and values-driven team that makes a tangible difference to Somerset residents every day.

Additional Information

This is a hospital-based role and you will be expected to work onsite within the hospital setting. The role also includes weekend working on a rotational basis.

Please Note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role as it does not meet Home Office requirements.

Due to the nature of the role and the geographical area of the service across Somerset, which is a largely rural county, with limitations around public transport the ability to be able to travel to any location is essential. Therefore, applicants must have full access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.

We recognise and welcome applications from disabled individuals who may require reasonable adjustments to meet this requirement, and we’re happy to discuss this from the first point of contact with the recruitment team.

If you have any queries, please contact [email protected] quoting the reference number 1157/FG.

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today!

(If you are an internal applicant, please apply on the internal careers site)

A full job description can be found here: Adult Social Care Practitioner - Job Description - AG1045

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Desirable

Awareness and understanding of rights of service users and carers and ability to advocate on their behalf.

✓

Working knowledge of Social Care Service.

✓

Awareness of relevant legislation. Knowledge of services relevant to needs and circumstances of service users and carers.

✓

Awareness and understanding of the principles of Social Work.

✓

Experience working in a caring or supportive role, not necessarily in paid employment.

✓

Experience in working in a care setting.

✓

Literate and numerate to GCSE level or equivalent.

✓

NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent (equivalent must be health and social care related).

✓

Manual handling certificate for staff within Day Opportunities.

✓

Ability to speak fluent English as stated in Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

✓

Positive attitude towards computers and ability to input and retrieve data and information.

✓

Demonstrates empathy with service users and carers and understanding and respect for individual needs.

✓

Ability to work alone and use own initiative.

✓

Has an open and flexible manner, which elicits trust and confidence.

✓

Takes a full and active part in own professional development, appraisal and supervision.

✓

High level of IT literacy with; Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2003/2010, AIS (Adults Integrated Systems) or similar record keeping databases.

✓

1157/FG

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care practitioner jobs in taunton, som

Adult Social Care Practitioner - Health Interface Service (Adults)

SEN 1:1 Nursery Practitioner

Vol - Agency Nursery Practitioner

Kitchen Assistant

Radiographer

Nursery Floor Supervisor and Quality Lead

Family Intervention Worker

Early Years Practitioner

Social Worker - Health Interface Service (Musgrove Park Hospital) (Adults)

Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Nursery Practitioner

Nursing Associate-Endoscopy

Qualified Bank Nursery Practitioner (Holiday Cover)

Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner

Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)

Practice Nurse

Health Visitor

Early Years Practitioner

Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Practitioner Psychologist

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