Social Worker Enhanced Support Team
- eastbourne, england, United Kingdom
- Contract
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location_on Location Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
work_outline Basis Fixed Hours
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Social Worker Enhanced Support Team
location_on Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ 31/08/2026 Social Worker Enhanced Support Team Apply online
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Salary £39,862 - £47,181 Social Worker £39 ,862 - £42,839 linked Senior Social Worker £44,075 - £47,181 (pay award pending) Contractual hours 37 Basis Fixed Hours
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Job category/type Social Work - Adults
Date posted 11/08/2026 Job reference REQ
Attachments Preview of Shortlisting Questions SW Enhanced Support Team.docx 2236L&H.May25.Social Worker.JDPS (9) (2).docx
Job description
Social Worker (Probation Liaison) Fixed term for one year. This job is open to external candidates as a fixed term contract and to internal candidates as a secondment. Please obtain line manager approval before interview and check eligibility.
£39,862 - £47,181 SocialWorker £39 ,862 - £42,839 linked Senior SocialWorker £44,075 - £47,181 (please see attached Job Description)Pay award pending
We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker to join a unique co-located role between the Enhanced Support Team and Brighton Probation. This role will bring social work and mental health expertise directly into a probation setting, strengthening partnership working between health, social care and criminal justice services to improve outcomes for People on Probation. The role will work autonomously whilst building strong collaborative relationships across adult social care, mental health services, probation and wider partner agencies.
The post holder will provide specialist mental health and social care consultation, helping Probation Practitioners identify needs, manage risk and navigate local mental health, social care and safeguarding systems. The role will promote a strengths‑based, person‑centred approach, supporting individuals to access appropriate services while improving public protection and reducing the impact of unmet mental health needs on offending behaviour.
Working across organisational boundaries, you will contribute to multi‑agency risk management processes, support practitioners to understand local mental health pathways and thresholds, and provide advice regarding Care Act responsibilities, safeguarding, mental capacity and wider social care legislation. You will also play a key role in developing practitioner knowledge and confidence through consultation, training and reflective practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a specialist social work and mental health resource within Brighton Probation, providing consultation, advice and guidance to Probation Practitioners.
- Contribute to multi‑agency risk management and public protection arrangements, including MAPPA Level 1 reviews, Integrated Offender Management (IOM) activity, local learning events and probation POD meetings.
- Provide timely advice regarding mental health presentations, risk management, safeguarding