At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve people’s lives.
We are an innovative Adult Social Care service committed to strengths-based practice, person centred support and promoting independence and wellbeing. Our approach is values driven, evidence based and focused on empowering people through community based and preventative support.
About the Team:
Our Adult Social Care Hospital Team works closely with local community hospitals across the area, delivering short term assessment, supporting the Discharge to Assess (D2A) pathway and responding to safeguarding needs.
Following team expansion and a recent retirement, we are pleased to offer 3 Social Worker vacancies within this supportive and collaborative team.
You will join a skilled team including a Service Manager, Team Manager, Social Workers, Social Care Practitioners and administrative staff, all working together to achieve safe, timely discharges and positive outcomes. You will also work in close partnership with our Community Pathways Team, supporting individuals discharged home with reablement, ensuring ongoing recovery, review and safeguarding where required.
About the Role:
This role focuses on delivering high quality, strengths based social work to adults and carers, supporting people through safe and timely discharge from hospital via the Discharge to Assess model, alongside completing the initial review in the community.
You will support individuals to be assessed in the most appropriate setting, including community hospitals, residential/nursing placements and their own home, enabling better outcomes and promoting independence while ensuring risk is effectively managed.
Safeguarding is a key part of this role, ensuring individuals are protected, supported and empowered through a multi-agency approach.
Key Responsibilities:
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Undertake strengths-based Care Act assessments with adults and carers
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Support and deliver the Discharge to Assess (D2A) process, ensuring timely discharges and assessment in community settings
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Lead and contribute to safeguarding enquiries (Care Act s.42), applying Making Safeguarding Personal
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Develop and review person centred support plans promoting independence and wellbeing
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Carry out Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest decisions
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Manage an allocated caseload, ensuring timely progression and flow through the system
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Maintain high quality case recording, safeguarding documentation, and reports
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Work collaboratively with health colleagues, families, housing, and voluntary sector partners
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Promote early intervention, prevention, and access to community resources
What We Offer:
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A supportive, experienced and approachable team environment
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Hybrid working arrangements
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We pay your Social Work England registration
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Half day CPD each month to support your development
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Opportunities to gain experience across hospital discharge, community work, safeguarding and D2A pathways
We will also consider ASYE applicants, with hospital placement experience.
If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Kirsty Jones, Team Manager Community Pathways on 01225 394619 or email [email protected]
Interview date: Friday 10th July 2026.
No agencies please.
- Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.
Please note that this advert may close earlier than the stated closing date due to high demand. We advise all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
