Job Title: Senior Social Worker – Adult Safeguarding Team
Location: Darby House, Telford & Wrekin Council
Pay Rate: £31.97 per hour (Umbrella)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm (37 hours per week)
Working Arrangement: Hybrid – office, home, and community-based working
Client: Telford and Wrekin Council
Role Overview
Telford & Wrekin Council are seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join their Adult Safeguarding Team. This is a key frontline role focused on delivering high-quality, person-centred safeguarding practice within an Asset-Based and Community-Led Support (ABCD) framework.
You will manage a complex social work caseload, working directly with adults at risk, their families, carers, and wider networks, ensuring that safeguarding outcomes are robust, timely, and proportionate.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a professional Adult Safeguarding social work caseload, ensuring all work is completed in line with statutory responsibilities and local procedures
- Undertake strengths-based assessments, care and support planning, and reviews under the Care Act 2014
- Actively participate in weekly peer review meetings, contributing to case discussion, analysis, and recommendations for final decision-making by the Team Manager
- Work within an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach, focusing on individuals’ strengths, networks, and community resources
- Develop and implement creative, person-centred support plans, avoiding traditional “off-the-shelf” solutions
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with service users, carers, families, and multi-agency partners across health, voluntary, and statutory sectors
- Ensure all safeguarding concerns are appropriately assessed, managed, and escalated where required
- Maintain accurate and timely case records in line with council policies and professional standards
Benefits
- DBS check processed and paid for by Eden Brown Synergy
- Bonus for finding your own job
- Twice weekly payroll
- Dedicated recruitment consultant who will support you throughout your job search, employment and beyond
To apply, please send your CV to Richie Johnson at r.johnson (email removed) or call (phone number removed).
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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