We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Experienced Social Worker who is passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of young adults, in our Preparation for Adulthood team (part of Adult Social Care).

You will be responsible for assessing needs and managing support arrangements for a range of young people, helping bridge the gap for them and their carers between children’s and adult social care services. You will be responsible for arranging support for young people between the age of 18 – 25. However, you will also support and prepare young people and their families for the move from children’s to adult social care before those young people become 18.

Your responsibilities will include undertaking assessments of need, creative support planning and making safeguarding adults enquiries. Successful candidates will be working in partnership with young people, their carers, colleagues in children’s services, education settings, specialist health services and with a range of partner organisations.

You will need to be a strong advocate of enablement and strengths-based practice. You will have the drive to learn new skills and to keep your knowledge up-to-date and share it with colleagues.

You will be supported with a positive induction and opportunities to develop in your role. We offer generous flexible working packages to ensure that you can work in a flexible environment.

Please note; this role is a temporary post for 10 months (from the start of you taking up the post) to cover a secondment in the team and is for 21 hours per week.

For an informal discussion, please contact Helen Archer (team manager), on helen.archer@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council