Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £44,711 to Scale 39 - £48,710 with a professional bar at Scale 37 - £46,731**
Hours Per Week: 36
Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6BH
Assessment Date: 31st March or 1st April 2025
The Role
Tameside Children’s Services launched the Social Work Academy in autumn 2024. The aim of the Academy is to help increase the quality of support that is offered to families in the borough, ensuring children are at the heart of everything.
The Academy is designed to bring a thorough 36-month programme of high-quality learning and development for newly qualified social workers, who will be supported by experienced practitioners within children’s services.
We are looking to recruit two Advanced Practice Leads to join our team. In this unique role you will be responsible for nurturing and supporting social workers in their first, second and third year of practice. You will offer reflective supervision, advice, guidance, demonstration of best practice and bespoke development opportunities to newly qualified social workers. To ensure the full effectiveness of the role, you will not be expected to hold a case load.
The Social Work Academy pathway recognises that staff are its greatest asset and will provide good supervision and management support, with opportunities for learning and development. The training will align newly qualified staff with experienced colleagues, building on social worker retention and providing future career development for those that have completed the training.
About You
This role would suit an experienced Social Worker looking to advance their career and support the development of others. You will be a qualified social worker who is passionate about supporting and developing Social Workers in their early years of practice. You will be confident in your own abilities to offer high challenge balanced with high support.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
** 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.
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.
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 5727 or Sean.Esmonde@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: DPT649
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