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Employer: Wokingham Borough Council

Salary: £53,270 - £54,357 Per Annum, Plus Benefits (Including £3000 Market Supplement)

Location: Wokingham

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week.

DBS Check: Enhanced

Closing Date: 18/01/2026 at 23:00

Reference: 706173 & 710150

We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Senior Social Worker to join our dedicated Adult Social Care Team here at Wokingham Borough Council, on a full-time, permanent basis.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will play a vital role in guiding, supporting, supervising, and/or line-managing both registered and non-registered Social Care professionals, ensuring high standards of quality and performance are consistently maintained.

Operating within relevant legal frameworks, policies, procedures, and guidance, this key position involves carrying out assessments, reviews, and support planning with individuals and their carers. The goal is to promote well-being, independence, and safety, while empowering people to identify their own needs and the outcomes they wish to achieve.

The core purpose of the service is to empower people to live safely and independently within their communities. You’ll focus on maximising individual strengths and abilities, supporting people to make informed choices, and enabling carers to continue in their caring roles for as long as they choose and are able to.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an Award-Winning Local Authority, and a service that has recently been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as among the best in the country. We are also proud to be part of the Social Care Future movement, working to transform adult social care so that everyone can live in a home they love, stay connected to what matters, and thrive within their community.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same—perfect for a compassionate, creative, and proactive social work professional who wants to make a meaningful difference!

• Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 31 days (rising by 5 days after 5 years of continued local government service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme (actual contribution details to follow)
• GP Helpline 7 days a week
• Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 Your Care confidential helpline
• Free Eye Tests and Flu Vaccines
• Free Onsite Gym (located at Shute End, Wokingham)
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes – including Car and Cycle to Work
• Local & Lifestyle Discounts – savings on shopping, entertainment, restaurants, and more
• Move through Menopause Course
• Sports & Social Group Activities – running, football, cricket, and more
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Networks
• And more!

• To work in accordance with the Care Act 2014 to assess, review or reassess complex needs of customers and their carers, offering advice and guidance and access to support services in line with their eligible needs, with an emphasis on health, safety and wellbeing for vulnerable individuals and those that care for them.
• To adopt and promote a strengths-based approach to the role and maintain a professional and respectful working relationship with individual customers and carers.
• To direct, support and undertake risk assessments and formulate risk management plans, having regard for the safety of customers and others, whilst promoting independence and supporting positive risk enablement where appropriate.
• To work in accordance with statutory legislation and the Council’s policies and procedures.
• To identify (and support others to identify) and/or make enquiries concerning any allegations of potential abuse or neglect of adults with care and support needs with a view to the development and implementation of safeguarding plans which maintain their safety and the safety of others, within the multi-agency safeguarding adults procedures. To act as SAM (Safeguarding Adults Manager) on enquiries being undertaken by less experienced staff.
• Chair meetings and case conferences (e.g. professionals meetings, case conferences, MDT’s etc.).

• Professional Social Work qualification
• Current registration to professional governing body – Social Work England
• Full EU driving licence (and access to daily use of a car)
• Good working knowledge of the statutory framework for the relevant care group and of an appropriate range of professional interventions
• Minimum of 3 years (including ASYE) post qualification experience in Adult Social Care or Health Care environment
• Demonstrable ability to lead, motivate, supervise and performance manage staff

Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.

We’re home to a range of high performing schools, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. We have a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life.

Further information on this vacancy.

• Senior Social Worker Job Description

If you’re interested in this exciting opportunity, click the link below and apply today!

Or for an informal discussion, please contact Ashnalta Manik – Ashnalta.Manik@wokingham.gov.uk.

Interview Date: TBC

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and you may be invited to interview before the closing date.

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.

Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we are unable to respond to every applicant individually.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the application closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

We appreciate your interest in joining Wokingham Borough Council and thank you for taking the time to apply.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.

Wokingham Borough Council represents the residents of Wokingham and the surrounding area. The Council is mandated to provide local services and to support the community’s economic, social and environmental needs.