Social Worker - YAD in Leicester

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, LE3 8RA & Various locations

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £32,070 to £42,699 per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time) Plus £3,300 market premia payment for Level 3 Social Workers.

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 26th January 2026

Here at Leicestershire County Council, we have exciting opportunities available to Newly Qualified Social Workers, as well as experienced Level 2 and Level 3 Social Workers, with a passion for working in collaboration with people facing a wide range of issues.

About the Role

We are now delighted to be able to offer 4 vacancies within the Young Adult Disabilities team. We have some exciting news! As part of our commitment to expanding support for young people, three brand‑new Social Worker posts have been created in our Young Adult Disabilities Team. In addition, we also have one existing vacancy for a Social Worker – making this a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of young adults with disabilities.

The Young Adult Disabilities team (YAD) is a county‑wide service that supports young people with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), who are likely to have needs for care and support as an adult to ensure those eligible social care needs will be met when they become 18. The Care Act stipulates that preparation for adulthood should begin well before a young person reaches the age of 18. It is therefore crucial that the YAD Team can begin the process of co‑working and complete the adult social care assessment and support plan at an appropriate stage prior to the young person’s 18th birthday. Good preparation for adult life needs to start early and high aspirations are crucial to success. The focus should be on the young person’s strengths and capabilities and the outcomes they want to achieve. To plan successfully, all services involved in the young person’s life need to actively engage and support the planning for adulthood.

An essential part of your role will be working collaboratively with children’s services, education, and health. YAD team social workers focus on the completion of assessments in line with The Care Act 2014, safeguarding vulnerable adults, completing Mental Capacity Assessments/Best Interests decisions and the preparation of court reports. Our team is friendly and supportive, with regular supervision and our employees have manageable workloads. The team hold weekly Group Supervision Meetings, to promote the best possible outcomes for the people we work with across Leicestershire. We provide a comprehensive induction package with ongoing access to bespoke learning and development opportunities. This includes tailored continuous professional development sessions and access to academic research and practice expertise to develop skills, experience and inform our employee’s practice.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England.
• Have knowledge of social work methodologies, social care policies such as person‑centred approaches and asset based social work, and relevant legislation including The Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act.
• Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi‑agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
• Have experience of partnership working with adults to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertive and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships.
• Be able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
• Have good prioritisation and time management skills and have a valid UK driving licence or access to a vehicle.

We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Interested in Flexible Working? We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Chelbie Shepherd, Resourcing Co‑ordinator Telephone: 0116 305 5973

To contact me by email, please see contact details above.

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

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