Grade: H scp 35,745 to I scp 35 44,711 Essential Car User Allowance up to 963 pa (dependant on engine size) Contract: Permanent Essential Requirement: Full Driving Licence Essential Qualification: Social Work Qualified and Registered with Social Work Qualified Hours: 37 and 18.5 per week available Ask us about flexible working options to fit with your work/life balance - HappytoTalkFlexible The Role Bolton is now ready to recruit qualified social workers. We would love you to join us on 26th February 2025 where you will meet our DCS, Assistant Director, Heads of Service and our team managers. We have roles across all of our service areas, including our front door and referral and assessment teams, our safeguarding and care proceedings teams and our looked after teams. Come and hear about them, meet the managers and then if you are successful choose what s right for you. A qualified social worker but looking for a change and maybe new opportunities? Bolton is a GOOD authority but it s not complacent and there are lots of opportunities to contribute to how our services are developed and we welcome ideas, innovation and new ways to do things differently. We will encourage you to be part of and contribute to our whole service days, our practice weeks, our social care briefings, as well as being part of our workforce voice meetings where you can really shape how we do things here in Bolton. About You What are we looking for? We want people who reflect our values. We want people who are kind, empathic and who genuinely want to make the difference for children and families in Bolton. We want you to come with an openness, honesty and a can-do attitude and if that s you, we ll provide the right context and the support for you to shine. We can offer a great work life balance, managed caseloads, a nice building to work in with a caf and free parking, as well as a supportive management team who are all on-site and on-hand to help you and to make sure you feel supported. The application is easy- just send us your CV and a statement that tells us about you and then if shortlisted we look forward to you joining us on the day. About Us This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents. As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services. Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too. Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role. Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post. This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification. This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or unbroken service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information. For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitmentbolton.gov.uk