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Social Worker (EDT)
Job Location: Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Social Worker (EDT)
Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, Ground Floor
Salary: £39,152 - £47,181 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Closing Date: 21/06/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14253
This post is open to job share
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join our dedicated Emergency Duty Team (EDT).
Reward and support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
between £39,152 - £47,181 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part-time staff)
£2,000 retention payment
£4,000 welcome payment
flexible and agile working opportunities
25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
an in-house Occupational Health service
employee discount scheme
links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
career development and qualification opportunities
access to our Social Work Academy
Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
Please note that retention payments are subject to terms and conditions as well as tax and national insurance deductions
Right child, right support, right time, every time
In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children's Services have been officially judged as 'Good' with 'Outstanding' elements. Ofsted also said 'Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.'
This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.
Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About the team
The Emergency Duty Team is a small bespoke service that responds to emergencies out of hours. Your role in EDT will involve working within a small and supportive team of Senior Social Workers where you will be prioritising effecively and making sound judgements in a variety of challenging situations.
About the role
The Emergency Duty Team works closely with other agencies that also work out of hours both in the voluntary and statutory sectors. This position offers the opportunity to broaden your skillset and experience further. You will work to a rolling rota which includes weekend and night work.
We have two social workers on shift every weekday evening, one working 16:30 to 00:30, the other working 17:00 to 09:00. Weekends we have 2 social workers during the day, 1 from 09:00 to 21:00 and the other from 11:00 to 23:00. On a Saturday and Sunday, this is supported by a night shift who work 17:00 to 09:00. The rota is over 7 weeks. you will also have two weeks off in every seven weeks (as part of your holiday entitlement)
About you
As well as your experience, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
a full driving licence and willingness to drive
DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children's)
To have completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012)
How to apply
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Claire Connolly at
We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Interviews are due to take place in person in the Shire Hall.
Interview date TBC
If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers Careers hub
We welcome applications from newly qualified and social workers in the early years of their career. Depending on your qualification date and previous experience, you will be invited to either join our accredited ASYE programme or to complete an alternative early career development in-house pathway. The appropriate option will be explored and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process.
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