Job Description

Senior Social Worker (Active Recovery Community Home Team hospital discharge team)

MB4 (45,091 - 51,356) this role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to 963 per annum.

37 hours, Full-Time (8:30am 5pm Monday to Friday)

Permanent

Hybrid: Stepping Hill and homeworking

Application Deadline: 11:59pm, 6 October 2025, 11:59pm

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: 7 October 2025

Interview Date: 15 October 2025

Interview Type: Face to face

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Your role

We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic senior social workers to be a part of the ARCH team, within the hospital and across all the discharge pathways. The candidate will have a wealth of experience of quality and practice, working within MDT setting and with our partners across health, social care and the third-party sector.

About You

The candidate will be able to work on complex cases and discharges involving safeguarding, Court of Protection and mental capacity whilst leading the social workers to strive a positive patient journey and least restrictive outcomes, to live Gloriously Ordinary lives.


The role will require working at a fast pace, to support the hospital pressures whilst keeping the person at the forefront of decisions and working to ensure we keep to our Home First values.


There is an exciting opportunity for an experienced person to provide strong assistant leadership and drive in managing the Stockport Adult Social Care ARCH team. You will work closely with the teams driving and supporting the priorities of Stockport Social Care.


We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has experience in leading teams through change management and transformation and statutory compliance, maintaining quality service delivery to the people of Stockport.


You will support and manage and develop the workforce to enable individuals to practice and perform at an optimum level; providing effective senior social worker support for a highly motivated and professional service.


The ambition is to fully implement Strength and Asset based standard operating model of practice and we require a senior social worker to drive this vision working collaboratively with other Neighbourhood teams.


You will work collaboratively with both internal and externals partners to deliver seamless services for the people of Stockport and ensuring that people remain independent for the longest possible time.


The candidate will embed Stockport's Values and will work to align and motivate their teams to deliver in these areas.


If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Lilla Sutton 07866983819 or for an informal discussion about the role.

About Us

The ARCH team are a well established, dynamic team who work closely with our health colleagues, and have the opportunities to work in different areas of service including hospital, bed bases and the community. We have a combination of social workers, ASYE's, BIA's and Apprenticeships, as we strive as a team for our learning and development. We are proud of our success and have recently won the Ambitious Stockport award 2025.


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 Lilla Sutton at lilla.sutton@stockport.gov.uk 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.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'About You' or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.

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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