Social Worker (Duty and Locality)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £38,626 to Scale 34 - £43,693 with a professional bar at Scale 31 - £40,476**

Hours Per Week: 36 (flexible working options are welcome)

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

Assessment Date: To be arranged

To apply for this role please upload your CV together with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification

Please also include details of your education and training and employment history and any reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your CV/supporting statement.

The role

We are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and committed Social Workers to join us in our duty and locality teams. The duty team will take cases from the point of referral, complete assessments, strategy meetings, initiate legal proceedings and PLO where required and the case will then transfer to our long term team thereafter. The long term teams will work with children and families needing longer term support under Child in Need, Child Protection, Public Law Outline and Care Proceedings.

About you

You will be an experienced Social Worker with previous child care social work experience. With good needs assessment and risk assessment skills you will be able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary system, as well as in a team across the service and with other agencies.

Why work for us?

Our new staff are telling us that the refreshed Children’s Services induction programme is GREAT and the most comprehensive they have seen.

We are also really proud to hear that staff are feeling valued and included:

• No case allocation during your first two weeks
• Dedicated time to observe practice and complete introductory learning and development
• Induction buddy programme
• Dedicated support for your professional development from an ASYE Practice Manager

You will receive regular supervision and work in a supportive culture where we are ambitious about delivering effective social work practice and supporting you to be the very best you can be.

In Tameside, we like to look after our employees and offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including:

• Health and Wellbeing Support
• Flexible working including 9 day fortnight / compressed hours / hybrid working to allow greater work life balance
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes including cycle to work and car lease scheme
• Up to 30 days leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave
• Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Greater Manchester continuous service commitment (we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits)
• Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more

Be that difference and find out more information why you should work for us here

When submitting your CV, please refer to the job description and person specification available below.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

All appointments will be to the bottom salary point in the grade with annual incremental progression each April until the grade maximum is reached. Where an individual can provide evidence that their existing salary in a relevant role surpasses the grade starting salary, a higher entry salary will be considered, subject to the professional grade development criteria also being met if that point is higher than the bar point.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 4366 or daniel.murphy@tameside.gov.uk

Reference Number: DPT423

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