Social Worker - Hospital Discharge to Assess South Community

Working Hours: 35 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Working style: Hybrid

Additional Payments: Essential Car User Allowance

Closing date: 11.59pm, 4 November 2026

Interview Method: In person

This role is available for sponsorship

As a Hospital Discharge to Assess community social worker, your main role will be to support people leaving hospital through a strengths-based, person centred and trauma informed approach.

You would be completing Care Act assessments in the community setting, co-ordinating services, working alongside health colleagues in multi-disciplinary teams, undertaking safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act work where required and promoting the home first model to maximise independence. With a main focus being on safe discharges and helping citizens achieve the best possible outcome.

You will also be supporting Crisis Response service who support to prevent hospital admissions and Hospital At Home services as well as our intermediate care beds.

You'll help HDTA to support citizens in their communities, ensuring the best outcomes are achieved. Your work will contribute to the home first approach as well as promoting equality and safeguarding our most vulnerable citizens.

In This Role You Will

• Complete Care Act assessments.
• Complete Mental Capacity assessments and best interest decisions.
• Complete safeguarding enquiries.
• Cover duty for Crisis response and the wider hospital services such as hospital at home.
• Work with other teams across the HDTA service but also the council as well as our health colleagues/services.
• Support our citizens to remain in their own homes.

For queries about the role, please contact the hiring manager, Shelley O'Grady, at shelley.ogrady@manchester.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time to discuss the role. This route is for vacancy related enquiries only and should not be used to submit applications.

Pre-employment checks

If You Are Successful, Your Appointment Will Be Subject To Completing The Relevant Pre-employment Checks. These Checks Will Be Carried Out As Part Of Our Recruitment Process And Includes

• Qualification: Social Work
• Registration with Professional Body: Social Work England
• DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance: The post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice . We have a policy on the secure handling, storage and use of DBS information, as well as a policy on the recruitment and employment of ex-offenders. Both policies are available on request.
• If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to GOV UK for details for how to obtain your Police check or Certificates of Good Character.
• Essential Car: This post is a designated Essential Car User. Therefore, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work.
• Medical Clearance: Pre-placement health assessment (PPHA)
• Satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

For more information on these checks, please visit checks page.

We’ll Use The Following Essential Criteria To Decide Which Candidates To Invite To Assessment. Use Your Personal Statement To Provide Evidence Of How You Meet Each One, Supported By Relevant Examples

• How you have helped and will help achieve the best outcomes for our citizens and support their wishes.
• How you will work in a fast paced, high pressured environment.
• How you will apply the legislation to your social work practice.
• Qualified Social Worker and Registration with Social Work England

How you will apply the legislation to your social work practice.

For guidance on how to write your personal statement, please visit How to Apply - Manchester City Council.

If you’re invited to assessment, we’ll look at a wider range of the role requirements. For more detail, please see the role profile.

Use of AI

You may use AI to support your application, but all examples must be your own and based on real experience. Applications may be withdrawn if content is misleading or presents someone else's experience as your own. Internal candidates may also face disciplinary action.

Guaranteed Assessment Scheme

We guarantee progression to the assessment stage for applicants who meet the essential criteria used for shortlisting and are eligible under the scheme. Learn more

Support and Adjustments

If you're successful in securing a role, we'll make every effort to provide the support, equipment and reasonable adjustments you need to carry out your duties. Where needed, we'll consider adapting aspects of the role. Learn more

Working for Manchester City Council is a chance to make a real difference in a diverse city. You’ll help improve lives and support our local communities. Working together, we can create better public services for everyone.

Benefits we offer

• Up to 26 days’ annual leave, rising to 31 days after five years’ service
• Buy up to two extra weeks’ leave
• Up to 3 days’ volunteering leave
• A 35-hour work week for full-time roles
• We review pay each year and recognise three trade unions
• A defined benefit pension scheme
• Enhanced parental and carers leave
• Employee discounts and perks

Learn more at Careers - Manchester City Council

Our commitment to inclusion

At Manchester City Council, we're dedicated to creating a workplace that fully reflects the diversity of our local communities. We actively encourage applications from people of all ages and backgrounds and are particularly keen to hear from applicants from ethnic minority communities and disabled people, who remain underrepresented in parts of our workforce.

GM Elevate Programme

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'Personal Statement' section or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application.

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