Social Worker Specialist Hoarder for East 2 in Leicester

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job reference: REQ7783

Date posted: 25/08/2026

Application closing date: 22/09/2026

Location: Various locations across Leicester City

Salary: £44,253 - £47,665 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £64,694

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time

Job category/type: Adult Social Care

Specialist Adult Social Worker to work with people who are hoarding.

Here at Leicester City Council, we are passionate about using a strengths-based approach to listen and understand what a good life looks like for people who come into contact with us. We have conversations that start with people’s own strengths, make connections with families, friends, and local communities to achieve the outcomes that matter and improve their wellbeing.

When care and support is required, we work with people to find solutions to live their lives as independently as possible. The Locality based Social Care Team is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to provide specialised support for people experiencing hoarding behaviours. You will work daily alongside housing officers, fire and rescue services, environmental health, psychiatric teams, and community charities to co-create holistic, person-centred and strength-based ways.

Join us and you’ll find a supportive team and a positive learning culture that supports you to work flexibly and creatively with people. You will enjoy working in a diverse multicultural organisation that’s proud to reflect our vibrant city. In an environment that offers plenty of opportunities to develop your expertise, trusts your professional judgement and encourages you to build a rewarding career. Most of our teams are agile working with the flexibility in working location and hours.

What you’ll be doing:

• No two days are the same, you’ll be working with people who experience hoarding.
• You will have conversations with them to discuss what matters to them and others around them.
• You’ll have a can-do attitude, a good awareness of the local information and advice that is available and use this to support people and their carers to solutions, drawing on what they already have around them that is working, or could work.
• You’ll work in partnership with others across social care, Health, Probation, Fire services and Housing teams.

What you need:

Due to the nature of this role you’ll need to be registered with Social Work England, hold a valid driving UK licence, and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

What we can offer you:

This role is very rewarding, supporting people to have lives that matter to them and working alongside others who feel the same. You can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy balance between your work life and your private life. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise within a positive supportive learning environment, with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

A diverse and inclusive employer:

Leicester is a vibrant, multicultural city and we’re committed to representing the full range of Leicester’s diversity across the council. We want to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and confident in being themselves. By embracing different viewpoints and opinions, we can generate the innovative new ideas and opportunities that will drive our city forward. That’s why diversity, equality and inclusion are part of everything we do. We listen to and engage with all our employee groups and involve them in decision-making. We encourage reverse mentoring, when senior managers are mentored by juniors from different backgrounds. We work with external partners such as Scope to understand people’s needs. We’re committed to creating a council for everyone and recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city.

We’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.