Experienced Social Workers

Experienced Social Worker roles within Mental health and Autism
SO3 (£39,862 - £45,091) this role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.
37 Hours, Full Time (potential for flexible working arrangements via a flexible working request)
Permanent/Temporary
Baker Street office and homeworking (office based three days per week)

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 21st May 2026
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 27th May 2026
Interview Date: 1st June 2026
Interview Type: In person

Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025

Your Role

We’re looking for experienced social workers (with over 2 years Social Work experience) in a variety of roles within Mental Health and Autism to join us at Stockport Council.

You’ll support adults across Stockport to live safe, fulfilling, and independent lives, using your professional judgement and expertise every day. Your work will include:

• Completing Care Act assessments, strengths based support planning, and proportionate risk assessments.
• Undertaking Mental Capacity Act assessments and providing clear, well reasoned social circumstance reports
• Working closely with the Community Mental Health Team and wider multi disciplinary colleagues
• Leading and contributing to safeguarding enquiries, ensuring people are protected and empowered
• Using your professional autonomy to make decisions rooted in the Care Act 2014, the Mental Health Act, and best practice social work
• Balancing independent working with being part of a supportive, well established, friendly and knowledgeable team

About You

You’ll be motivated to make a real difference to adults with mental health needs. You’ll be committed to a strengths-based and person-centred practice as well as knowledgeable and passionate about mental health social work, with a solid understanding of the Mental Health Act and or the Autism Strategy. These would be desirable. You’ll be confident in working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, with skills to help people maintain independence and promote community and asset-based approaches.

If you’re someone who enjoys complex work, meaningful relationships with service users, and seeing the impact of your interventions, you’ll thrive here.

About Us

You will join a service that values your professional development and wellbeing. We offer regular supervisions to support reflective practice and strong peer support from a well-established team. There are opportunities for career progression, with a wide access to training and Continuing Professional Development. We have a workplace culture rooted in collaboration, compassion and learning. This is a team where your skills will be recognised, your ideas welcomed, and your development encouraged.

Opportunities would be Practice Educator, Approved Mental Health Professional, Best interest assessor, Senior social worker and other areas of management.

ASYE (assessed and supported year in employment can also be offered) newly qualified social workers would be appointed at scale SO2 (£37,280 - £41,771).

Social work England registration can be reimbursed after a period of permanent employment on an annual or 6 monthly basis.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Sarah Kerr on sarah.kerr@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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