Social Worker Level 4

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £46,142 rising to £49,282 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Location

Clifton Cornerstone, Southchurch Drive, Clifton, Nottingham NG11 8EW, Working from home is available for part of the working week subject to business needs.

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

A vacancy for a Best Interests Assessor (BIA) exists within the Nottingham City Council DoLS team. It is expected that this role will continue when DoLS changes to the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) scheme. The post holder will then be supported to to continue practicing as an Approved Mental Capacity Professional

AMCP)

We welcome applications from Social Workers who hold the Best Interests Assessor award and have experience of BIA practice.

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Team completes DoLS assessments for citizens that may lack mental capacity to make decisions about their own care and provision. BIAs in this team must meet annual requirements for re approval to act in this role.

They conduct legally compliant, clearly evidenced assessments and participate on a duty rota. They sometimes liaise with the Court of Protection and the Council’s legal team and may provide information on behalf of the Council to legal proceedings.

About You

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Relevant professional qualification, professional registration and Best Interest Assessor award.
• Enhanced knowledge, currency and experience of applying relevant legal, policy frameworks and practice guidance which inform and mandate the Best Interests Assessor role.
• Enhanced knowledge of Best Interests Assessor practice, completing assessments where there are complex issues or individual rights and public interest /statutory duties are in conflict.
• Evidence of a range of approaches to challenge discrimination and inequalities

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Andy Nash (Team

Manager) andy.nash@nottinghamcity.gov.uk [andy.nash@nottinghamcity.gov.uk] or Tracie Langford (Senior Practitioner) Tracie.Langford@nottinghamcity.gov.uk [Tracie.Langford@nottinghamcity.gov.uk]

Closing Date: Sunday 17th May 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Weds 3rd June 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: emss.org. uk

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will

have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.