Level 2 (Senior) Social Worker - Adults

Level 2 (Senior) Social Worker

Social Care

Adult Care and Community Wellbeing

Social Care Qualified - Adult

Peterborough

£36,648 - £40,221 (+15 % recruitment & retention payment paid monthly until Mar 2025)

03/11/2024

Lincolnshire County Council has an exciting opportunity in Peterborough for a Level 2 Social Worker within our Hospital Service.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within the hospital discharge and transfer of care service. There has never been a better time to join our team and participate in growing our service to be innovative, creative and providing high-quality support to people when they need it most.

About the Role

We strive to be proactive and use a strengths-based approach, to enable our customers to return home and live as independently as possible. The customer is at the centre of the process, our highest continuing aim is to provide the best service possible to service users and their families.

Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is committed to providing an excellent service to the people we support and promote an integrated and strengths based and person-centred approach.

The aim of the team is to work hand in hand with NHS and third sector staff to ensure that people we support are at the very centre of their own discharge. Working creatively when planning support packages, utilising “outside of the box” thinking and solutions to ensure an individual care plan is in place that empowers the service user to participate.

LCC is leading the way on the introduction of a fully integrated Discharge to Assess Hub, to support access to the right services in a more fluid way, reducing delays and delivering benefits.

You will work as part of the 7 day Adult Care rota. This equates to approximately 1 in 4 weekends worked, and these are all scheduled 3 months in advance.

About You

It goes without saying that you must be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England to undertake this role.

Equally as important though is that you have the following qualities:

• Passion, this role is about making a difference in peoples’ lives.


• Creativity, we look and strive for innovation at every opportunity.


• Flexibility, you will need to adapt to the pressures of the service as requirements ebb and flow.


• Honesty, both with yourself and your colleagues.


• Commitment, you are joining LCC but more importantly OUR team.

A full person specification is available within the Job Description, attached on the LCC Job Site

About The Team

We are a lively team of Community Care Officers and Social Workers based within Peterborough City Hospital.

We are a busy team working in a fast-paced environment where you can face a new challenge every day. But if you are up for that challenge, ready to learn and develop then we welcome you to join us.

We support one another and we are always happy to share our knowledge and experiences with new team members…there’s always someone who can answer your question.

We are proud of the skills, knowledge, commitment, humour, morale and motivation of our excellent team and we hope you will join us.

Want to know how PROUD we are of our teams? Why not take a look at the attached document “PROUD” written by the Hospital Team’s Area Manager?

Why Lincolnshire

Great schools, affordable housing, wide open spaces and 50 miles of coastline. Lincolnshire offers the perfect balance of opportunity, affordability and security. No wonder Lincolnshire has been voted one of the nicest places to live in the UK.

About our Offer

Our practitioners receive excellent supervision, access to learning and development opportunities and protected time to support CPD.

LCC is particularly committed to supporting staff access additional qualifications such as AMHP and Practice Educator.

For Level 2 applicants, this role will offer excellent opportunities to develop leadership skills and further your career into a management (Lead Practitioner) position.

Along with a competitive salary plus 15% Attraction and Retention payment we are offering;

• A generous contributory pension.


• Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes.


• Flexible working policies.


• Career progression opportunities.


• A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more.

Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure

Next Steps

If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact; Nicki Overton via email nicki.overton@lincolnshire.gov.uk

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your covering letter/personal statement states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria, as set out in the Job Description and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Applications Close on 03/11/2024 and interviews will be held W/C 11/11/2024.

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.

All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



Fluency Duty

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.