Social Care Worker

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**Job details**:
**Job reference**

REQ00000018952

**Date posted**

19/09/2025

**Application closing date**

12/10/2025

**Location**

KENDAL

**Salary**

£34,434 - £35,412

**Package**

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Attachments**

**Social Care Worker - Kendal - WMF2306e**:
**Job description**

**Location**: Kendal
**Contract Type**: Permanent

**About this opportunity**
- 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.

**Who we are looking for**
- 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.”
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**What our team says -**
- “_I have been working in the Hospital team for almost a year. The team has been welcoming, friendly, and exceptionally supportive throughout. I have a great manager who allows my autonomy while also being available to support when needed and generous with their praise. My Team has a wealth of knowledge to draw upon when needed, and this has allowed for my confidence to develop. The role is varied and challenging, you are constantly learning, and this provides ample opportunities for growth and fulfilment._
- The role is varied, rewarding, fast paced, and every day is unique. You will be working closely with other professionals within health, charitable, and social care sectors, allowing for greater multi-agency working and decision-making. The role is to provide vital support and advocacy for people at their most vulnerable, supporting them through challenging times while navigating through the complex discharge processes_.” **-** Leanne Fox (Newly Qualified Social Worker)
**What can we offer you**
- Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site.** Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)**

**Would you like to find out more?**
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- **Post Specification**:

- **Role Profile**
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- **Application and Interview information**
- Closing date: 12/10/2025
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**Safer Recruitment & DBS**
- At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced