Company: Gloucestershire County Council
Location: Gloucestershire
Posted: April 24th, 2026
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of adults experiencing mental health challenges?If youarecommitted to empowering individuals, promoting independence, and driving positive change within adult mental health services, then we would love to hear from you!
Our Mental Health Service is growing, and weare looking for dedicated, compassionate, andforward-thinkingprofessionals to join our team. Whether youarean experienced leader or an emerging practitioner, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a service that places people atthe heart of everything we do.
We are recruiting for Mental Health Social Workers, to help shape and deliver high quality, person-centred support. You will work countywide within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment where your expertise is valued, your development is supported, and your impact is felt every day.
These roles form part of a new service, with the intention that successful candidates will commence in post on 1st June, subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and notice periods. Learn more about our Mental Health Service: Mental health recruitment - YouTube
About the team/service:
The Mental Health Service at Gloucestershire County Council supports adults who have social care needs arising from a primary, nonorganic mentalhealth condition/s. Our service works across a range of settings, including community and inpatient, providinghigh quality,person-centredsupport that empowers people to live as independently and safely as possible.
We take a recovery-focused, strengths-basedandtrauma-informedapproach, placing wellbeing, prevention, and personal autonomy at the heart of everything we do. Our work is grounded in partnership, collaboration, and a deep commitment to improving outcomes for the individuals and communities we serve.
This is an exciting time to join us, as the council reestablishes its Mental Health Service following a Section 75 agreement which is being led by our Leadership team with extensive knowledge and experience of MentalHealthSocial Work. If you are passionate about supporting adults with mental health needs, share our values, and want to contribute to a service built on compassion,respectand empowerment we want to hear from you.
About us: Why Gloucestershire?
Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Gloucestershire County Council. You can be confident of becoming part of welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive teams.
About you:
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See more about our Values on our website.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help yousucceed in your role.
Please note for Mental Health Social Workers you must hold a full driving licence and have the willingness to drive (exceptions under the Equality Act may apply)
Gloucestershire County Council offers a comprehensive and competitiveremunerationpackage for the following roles:
Salary:
Experienced Adults Social Worker: 39,152 - 40,777 per annum (pro rata)
Relocation:
Subject to meeting qualifying conditions, we offer relocation of up to 8,000 (T&Cs apply) to use towards the cost of relocating to Gloucestershire, for qualified Social Workers.
In addition to a competitiveremunerationpackage,we offera range of benefits,in return for your hard work:
Regular formal and informal support
Safe,supportiveand positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years service, plus bank holidays
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
Personal licences to Adults CCINFORM
Reimbursement of professional Social Work registration fees
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
Cycle to Work scheme
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
Werecloser than you think:
We are an easy commute from many locations,view our commuting times mapto see what we mean. For interested professionalslocatedin Wales and Scotland, please contact us to discuss your application.
Applying:
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Description. This should include examplesof why you should be considered and theexperience,skillsandknowledgethat you would bring to the post.
For an informal discussion, please email ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
To start your journey with us, click Apply today!
Additional Information:
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Social Worker Adults Job Profile
These positions are subject to an enhanced DBS with Barred List check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The council will consider sponsorship for the Social Worker role, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email torecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.
By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.
*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has asubstantialand long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a persons ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Applications from any GloucestershireCounty Council'semployees who are currently on the redeployment registeroratrisk of redundancywill be considered first at shortlisting stage.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershires diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a customer facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you tosubmityour application as early as possible.