Navy Command-Royal Navy Family & People Support (RN FPS)- Social Worker

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navy’s readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

As the steward of the Royal Navy’s people capability, Director People and Training ensures the Fleet has skilled, motivated, and well‑prepared personnel. Responsible for recruitment, training, education, and career development, the directorate enables sailors and officers to thrive and ensures the Royal Navy remains a world‑class fighting force.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Are you a qualified Social Worker who wants to make a genuine difference to people facing some of life's most challenging circumstances?

Royal Navy Family and People Support is the Royal Navy's dedicated welfare organisation, providing specialist support to serving personnel, their families, and military communities across the United Kingdom and overseas. We help people build resilience, navigate difficult situations, and access the support they need when it matters most.

As a Social Worker, you’ll play a vital role in delivering specialist welfare and safeguarding support to individuals and families. Working as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team, you’ll help people overcome challenges, promote wellbeing, and contribute to positive outcomes across the Naval community.

This is an opportunity to use your professional expertise in a rewarding environment where your work will have a direct and lasting impact on people's lives.

What you'll be doing

• Manage a varied caseload, providing specialist social work support to individuals and families.
• Assess needs, identify risks, and develop effective support plans that promote wellbeing and resilience.
• Provide safeguarding support for vulnerable adults and children, ensuring appropriate action is taken when required.
• Work closely with colleagues and partner organisations to deliver coordinated and person centred support.
• Maintain accurate case records and reports in line with professional standards, legislation, and organisational guidance.
• Support the development of others through coaching, mentoring, supervision, and sharing professional expertise where appropriate.

Social Work degree or equivalent (eg Dipsw)

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.

At Sift, you will be assessed against the following;

• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history, qualification details and previous skills and experience.
• Candidates will be required to provide a personal statement. This should be a maximum of 500 words that sets out your motivation for applying and shows how your skills and experience meet the essential requirements for the role.

Behaviours:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following;

Behaviours:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Making effective decisions

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.