Social Worker

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 Hours

Base Location: Crickets Lane, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6NG

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to come and work for Tameside Adult’s Services

We are looking for a driven Social Worker to join Adult Services. If you are passionate about supporting adults to live well at home, we would love to hear from you.

About You

You will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective professional relationships with other disciplines and with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to individuals and families.

Experience of working with adults and previous employment in a similar position would be desirable.

It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.

About us

Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families.

‘Our People Our Place Our Plan’ outlines our aims and aspirations for the area, its people and how we commit to work for everyone, every day.

Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.

Tameside is proud to offer our assessors:

• Ongoing training and development
• Opportunities to invest in your on development and career progression from Assessor, to Social Worker to Senior leadership
• Thorough induction and ongoing supervision and support
• Manageable caseloads and a supportive team
• Employees are encouraged to be involved in the ongoing development of practice
• Flexible working

We currently have a position in our Integrated Urgent Care Team. It’s an exciting time to come and work for us as you will be joining the team at a time of transformation and great investment into services for adults and social work practice.

You will take the lead on supporting adults to live well at home. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team and your work will include managing a caseload, Care Act Assessments, Support Plans, Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions and signposting to internal and external services where necessary to enhance wellbeing and independence.

Here is what one of our current staff members says about working in our Service;

“This is a fast paced and yet rewarding role with a supportive team of Practitioners and Managers alike. I have developed as a Practitioner while at Tameside as well as accessed career progression opportunities, which is great”

IUCT staff member;

“I am lucky to be part of an amazing, supportive and flexible team and I am excited for possible future opportunities and a long career with Tameside.”

If you are committed and would like to be part of our journey, we really want to hear from you.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.

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

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.

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

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

For an informal discussion about the roles please do not hesitate to contact Team Manager Leah Grey on 0161 342 3604 or Assistant Team Manager Nicole Cooper on 07976024230

Reference Number: DPT430

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