Our vision is for a Borough where people, particularly the most vulnerable, are able to lead happy, independent lives and fulfil their potential.
Why join our Adults’ Social Care team?
We’re a friendly, supportive and passionate team in Adults’ Social Care, and we’re committed to building a better Bedford Borough for all our residents. We offer a wide range of roles and in all of them, you can grow and learn, unlocking your potential whilst making a real difference. We’re proud of the flexibility we offer – we want you to enjoy your work and make the most of your time away from it.
Hear from our teams
See our staff stories pages to hear from Kate Walker, Director of Adults' Social Care, and others.
How we support adults and older people in Bedford Borough
To enable adults and older people in Bedford Borough to live well and remain independent, we aim to:
- Provide early help and intervention that prevents, delays or reduces the need to use adult social care services.
- Encourage and support independence, helping people to help themselves.
- Provide services of the highest quality, which promote good outcomes and are ‘value for money’.
- Design services with the individual service user and their family / carers in mind.
- Ensure individuals are kept safe from abuse, neglect and harm by prioritising the safeguarding of the vulnerable.
Our team’s recent achievements and innovative practice
We are on a journey to become a beacon of success and we are proud of our teams’ achievements and innovative approaches, such as:
- We recently won an award for our use of RITA (Reminiscence/ rehabilitation and Interactive Therapy Activities), an interactive technology to support people in care homes with dementia.
- We have developed schemes to support people with a range of needs to continue to live independently in the community, through a focus on lives, not services, away from traditional models to independent living alongside, and within, our communities.
- We have developed a new Adult Services Contact Team, which is a modern, responsive service to support people when they first contact us.
- We celebrate innovation and in 2024 we have added two new roles to our team - a Principal Social Worker and Principal Occupational Therapist. These new recruits are working closely with our social work and statutory teams to continue to develop best practice across our work.
Job roles in Adults’ social care
At the heart of our culture lies a real focus on development and career progression. We offer clear career paths, showcasing the rewarding opportunities available to those who choose to make a difference in people's lives.
Social Work, Occupational Therapy and wider Multi-Disciplinary roles - supporting statutory social care
We cover a large range of social work and social care services. Some examples of the diverse and wide-ranging roles in Adults’ social care are:
- Social workers
- Experienced social workers
- Visual and hearing impairment rehabilitation social workers
- Advanced social work practitioners
- Principal social worker
- Occupational therapists and Principal occupational therapists
- Team managers
- Community nurses
- Telecare assessors
- First contact falls co-ordinators
- Care standards monitoring officers
Social care roles
We have a large range of job opportunities in rewarding and fulfilling careers in our in-house, front-line care services.
Roles include:
- Care assistants
- Senior carers
- Residential workers
- Community facilitators
- Team managers
- Housekeeping and cook positions
- Team leaders and managers
An exciting area we continue to develop is the work of the reablement team, where reablement support workers and care coordinators support people to regain or gain greater independence after a hospital stay.
Our Social Work Multi-Disciplinary Teams include:
- Adults’ Services Contact Team (front door)
- Older peoples Community Team
- Hospital Social Work Team
- Physical Disability Team
- Sensory Team, (visual and Hearing impairment- Rehabilitation)
- Adult Learning Disability Team
- Occupational Therapy Team
- Telecare, Service
- Reablement Team
- Home Care Team
- Safeguarding Adults’ Team
- Care Standards Monitoring Team
- Extra Care Services
- Independent Living Team (Bedford)
- 6 Care Homes, Short Breaks Service, Day Services, Shared lives Scheme, Supported Employment Service.
Apply anytime vacancies
You can apply for a job with us at anytime in these areas: social work, reablement, occupational therapy and care assistants.