Social Care Facilitator - Adult Carers Team - #192701

Social Care Facilitator

Team: Adult Carers Team

Hours: Part time, 22.5 hours per week.

Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with care and support needs and providing care through prompting well-being and choice, making a significant impact, and allowing them to gain more independence and have more fulfilling lives free from harm and abuse?

If this is you, we would love to hear from you.

We currently have an opportunity for a Social Care Facilitator in our Adult Carers team.

Based at Moat Lane, central Solihull, this small and supportive team is responsible for supporting informal carers for adults in Solihull, often family members. You will work with carers to complete Carers Assessments and reviews, working creatively in partnership with carers to provide guidance and support. As specialist carers workers you will have a role supporting social care colleagues to develop best practice for all social care teams.

As a Social Care Facilitator in Solihull, you will work to a strengths-based model of assessment and support, promoting independence and well-being to achieve better outcomes for people, carers and their families.

To be successful in this role, you will be someone who can build a rapport quickly and able to prioritise and plan effectively and be creative with available resources.

You will join Solihull at an exciting time as the Council is transforming the way it provides its services.

To find out more about working in Adult Social Care including the vision and priorities for the Adult Social Care Directorate, please click here.

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following:

• Level 3 qualification in Health or Social Care (or equivalent).
• Maths and English GSCE Grades A*- C (4-9) or equivalent (or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of numeracy and literacy).
• Experience of working within a social care environment and delivering person centred working, supporting people to take positive risks.

In return, you will join an inclusive and supportive team working closely with a range of other agencies and benefit from regular supervision.

Working for Solihull means that we can also offer employees a great working environment, together with a range of flexible working options, an extensive wellbeing offers, as well as attractive staff benefits including staff discounts and access to the Local Government pension scheme.

To apply, please click on the link. Your application should be in your own words and reflect your own personal experiences.

Closing Date: Wednesday 8 July 2026

Closing date for redeployee applications is: Wednesday 24 June 2026

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 17 July 2026.

If you have a specific question regarding this post, please contact Mike Strauss (Head of Service, Care and Support) via email; [email protected]

Further Information

Please note we are not accepting CVs for this post.

This post will require a DBS check.

Please note: As part of our compliance and safer recruitment requirements, references will be sought for all successful candidates following interview. A reference must be provided by the candidate’s current or most recent employer or training provider. Where this does not cover the last three years, an additional reference will be required from the candidate’s next most recent employer or training provider. Posts subject to statutory regulation may require additional scrutiny. Personal/character references will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

Solihull Council is proud to be Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.