Social Care Worker


Company:	Westmorland and Furness Council
Salary:	£35,570 to £36,581 a year, pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Barrow, LA14 2LD
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Oct 2026
Closing date:	1 Nov 2026

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Summary

We have an exciting opportunity within our South Cumbria Hospital Social Work Team, for a passionate, enthusiastic person to come and join our dedicated and driven team, following an ambitious programme of change within Adults Social Care, to help us develop and deliver our goals for the future.

Our South Cumbria Hospital Social Work Team works collaboratively with a range of stakeholders across the health and social care system in South Cumbria to provide short term assessment and interventions as well as ensure people are supported to manage risk in a positive way, whilst promoting independent outcomes.

A key function of the Hospital Social Work Team is to ensure people can achieve the best outcomes during and post discharge by working closely with our colleagues in the Transfer of Care Hub and engaging in Multi-Disciplinary Discussions and Early Social Work Interventions to ensure people are discharged from both acute and community hospitals in a safe and timely way.

Essential requirements

We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual with experience or awareness of social care, healthcare, or the voluntary sector. You should be empathic and have strong communication skills to collaborate with customers, carers, and stakeholders. A proactive approach to risk management, and health and safety is essential, along with the ability to plan workloads, meet deadlines, and use IT effectively. Most importantly, you should be committed to promoting independence, influencing positive change, and ensuring high-quality, strengths-based care. As a Social Care Worker within the Hospital Social Work Team, you will be community based, working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team undertaking strengths-based assessments and delivering appropriate person-centred support and outcomes for people in Westmorland and Furness, who have care and support needs following discharge from hospital. Consistently working in a way that promotes independence and enables individuals/groups to maximise their strengths. Our Adult Social Care vision is “People living in a place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter to them.” We are looking for the right people, with the right values to join our teams across Adult Social Care. We’d like to hear more about you, your motivations, interests and values on your application, including what attracted you to this role and how you feel your values relate to the role of Social Care Worker.

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