30 social worker vacancies in Wakefield
Support Worker
Personal Welfare Manager (North) / Senior Social Worker
Support Worker
Relief Support Worker
Senior Support Worker
Behaviour Support Worker
Café Support Worker
Crisis Support Worker
Support Worker Driver
Female Support Worker
Female Senior Support Worker
Female Support Worker Driver
Youth Worker in Schools
Relief Extra Care Support Worker
Social Worker
Children Social Worker
Senior Social Worker
Senior Social Worker - Fostering
Senior Social Worker x2
Experienced Senior Social Worker
Senior Social Worker - Connecting Care Team
Senior Social Worker - Complex care needs
Senior Social Worker - Emergency Duty Team (EDT)
Prison Senior Social Worker and/or AMHP
Senior Social Worker - Adult Safeguarding Team
Senior Social Worker - Adult Safeguarding Team
Senior Social Worker - Complex care needs
Localities - Child Protection & Court Team
Duty & Assessment Team
Team Manager - Child Exploitation and Missing
About social worker vacancies in Wakefield
Wakefield has consistent demand for social worker across residential care homes, supported living services, NHS providers, and charities. Most roles offer enhanced rates for nights, weekends, and sleep-ins, with training pathways through NVQ Levels 2, 3, and 5.
Typical responsibilities include safeguarding, key working, daily care documentation, supporting independence, and working as part of a team alongside qualified seniors. Many employers offer paid induction, ongoing CPD, and free DBS check on appointment.
Salaries for social worker roles in Wakefield currently average around £32,525 per year, with senior and specialist positions earning more.