Salary: £38,220 to £42,839 per annum
Grade: JK
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Are you an experienced Social Worker looking for a rewarding and varied role or a newly qualified Social Worker looking to complete your ASYE in a supportive environment?
If so, we have the perfect opportunities for you. North Yorkshire Council are recruiting for full time Social Workers within the Mental Health Team.
As a Social Worker you will work closely with a variety of teams and agencies, including health colleagues, stronger communities and prevention teams, voluntary and independent sector, promoting health and wellbeing and preventing, reducing, and delaying need, in line with the key principles of the Care Act. You will work with people in a person-centred way, utilising their unique strengths and celebrating individuality. Through strength-based assessments and interventions, you will support people with care and support needs and their carers to achieve their desired outcomes with a focus on their wellbeing. This will be reflected in the assessment and support plans that you complete in collaboration with the people you support, to ensure they are receiving meaningful interventions that make a positive difference to the lives they choose to lead. We believe that a person’s community and social networks play a vital role in ensuring that we achieve the best outcomes for people. It will, therefore, be part of your role to think creatively when looking for solutions for individual needs.
You will also have a good working knowledge of current adult social care legislation and application of the legislative principles, including the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act.
Mental Health Team:
As a Social Worker in the Mental Health Team, you will have responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating social care for people in community and hospital settings. You will support people with Secondary Care needs, using a Recovery Model approach to help maximise people's potential to maintain their independence in their own homes and communities. You will work jointly with health partners to support people with a range of mental health needs, including working collaboratively to undertake s117 aftercare assessments, plans and reviews to reduce the risk of mental health deterioration and readmission to hospital. If you’re ready to take on one of these challenging and rewarding roles, we’d love to hear from you.
Experience working with people with complex and multifaceted needs would be beneficial but is not essential for these roles. We believe that a positive attitude, a tenacity for learning and a passion for supporting individuals to achieve their maximum potential are the desired attributes of applicants interested in undertaking this role. You will receive comprehensive training, support and guidance, and be given the opportunity to further your understanding of those supported by each specialist team. To be eligible for this post you will have a professional Social Care qualification in Social Work, DipSW or CQSW and have current registration with Social Work England.
About the Role
As an organisation, we promote a safe culture of support and learning which we expect all staff to endorse. We recognise the importance of the health and wellbeing of our employees, striving to ensure our staff have manageable workloads and providing them with specialised administrative support, allowing focus on delivery of care services.
We also support the AYSE (Assessed and Supported Year of Employment) programme for newly qualified Social Workers where you will be supported in your first full year of employment through reduced caseloads and enhanced supervision. We work with people with a wide and varied range of needs, using social work skills and knowledge to support them. Working to improve the lives of individuals– issues tackled include self-neglect, hoarding, dependence on alcohol or drug misuse, homeless prevention and supporting individuals and their families living with dementia. We do all of this alongside specialists in these areas, providing the most appropriate social work intervention.
Working in North Yorkshire:
North Yorkshire as a county has it all, rich in history and culture, outstanding natural beauty, vibrant cities, market towns, quaint villages, stunning rural and coastal landscape, and wide-open spaces. Harrogate has some fantastic places to visit including the Valley Gardens, Brimham Rocks, Pine Woods, Harrogate Theatre and RHS Harlow Carr and we are not too far from the Lake District, a jewel of the North. We also benefit from excellent road and rail links, with easy access to Leeds, York, Newcastle, Durham and even London.
Benefits of Working for NYC:
- Flexible working practices including working from other locations and from home.
- A market-leading pension scheme
- Generous leave entitlement
- Retail, travel and leisure discounts and salary sacrifice discount schemes through our Everybody Benefits offer.
- Commitment to staff development and continuous learning
- Progression and career-enhancement opportunities
- Access to modern technologies to aid flexible working practices.
- As a Mindful Employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting your mental health and wellbeing at work, find out more on the Mindful Employer website
- Green travel loan scheme which offers interest-free loan towards an annual season ticket to get you from home to work.
- In addition to in-house occupational health services, preferential rates on a private health scheme are available through payroll deductions.
- Staff who use a computer as a regular part of their job are entitled to a free eye test and potentially computer-specific glasses.
For an informal discussion about the roles please contact Operational Managers Lacey Acton on 01609 532708 or email [email protected] or Rachel Simmons on 01609 536812 email [email protected]
Key Documents
Job Description Social Worker Grade JK.docx
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Key Dates
Closing Date: Monday 06 July 2026
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 07 July 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July 2026
Venue for Interview: Microsoft Teams
***DBS***
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
