Mental health social worker salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Mental health social worker earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£36,100 per year, median
the midpoint of 38 advertised salaries from 21 employers, collected 27 Aug 2026 – 22 Oct 2026
about £3,000 a month
- Low
- £26,000
- Median
- £36,100
- Average
- £42,400
- High
- £68,200
Median
Average
Low £26,000
High £68,200
Half of the adverts fall between £26,000 and £56,600. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 38 advertised salaries, from 21 different employers.
- Collected between 27 Aug 2026 and 22 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (28), an hourly rate (10). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
Open Mental health social worker jobs
Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner
Approved Mental Health Practitioner - Merthyr Tydfil Council
Adults Social Worker- Mental Health [Blackburn with Darwen]
from 30 £/hrFull-time
Social Worker/Mental Health Officer - Mental Health Team - MID07791
from 45k £/yr
Community Mental Health Social Worker
40–45k £/yr
B6 Community Mental Health Practitioner (CPN)
Mental Health Social Worker
Mental Health Social Worker
Mental Health Social Worker
Full-time