Children's Social Care
Assessment and Intervention
Ref: 000667
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £49,764 - £52,805 per annum (Grade 10)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Council Offices, Spindles Shopping Centre
Closing Date: Sunday 27th April 2025
Interview: TBC
Informal Enquiries: Head Service Ben Lawton and Danielle Wilton
Email: ben.lawton@oldham.gov.uk & Danielle.wilton@oldham.gov.uk
Why should you work in Oldham?
Officially rated as a ‘Good’ by Ofsted, we are proud of our relentless approach in seeking the very best outcomes for our children and families, and there’s never been a better time to join the team and be part of our success story.
Oldham is a wonderful place of diversity, where people of all cultures come together. This is one our greatest strengths and our social workers enjoy using a breadth of skills and gaining a variety of experiences whilst supporting children and families from diverse backgrounds.
We use systemic practice as our chosen practice model, focusing on building relationships with children and families, understanding the context and family dynamics, and reflectively learning together. 2024 has seen the launch of our new systemic reflective hubs, as our Social Work Academy continues to offer reflective supervisions and tailored support through an innovative 2-year ASYE programme.
We have a strong ethos of ‘Growing our own’, providing a great environment to excel in your social work career.
Our Promises to you:
* A manageable and diverse caseload aligned with your experience and skills.
* A commitment to your continuing professional development through a bespoke learning and development programme
* A variety of career opportunities to progress and develop with us in Social Work
* Regular, quality, and reflective supervision and learning from practice audits with fortnightly training days in each of our services.
* Monthly Supervision with your line manager
* Regular Learning Spaces to focus on a specific area of learning.
* A permanent and supportive Senior Leadership team
* Full corporate and service Induction
* Direct link to our Social Work Consultants from our Social Work Academy.
* The opportunity to become a Practice Educator and to develop students within our organisation.
* Dedicated support to develop you in your role and opportunities to meet your career aspirations.
You will be rewarded with great benefits:
* Competitive pay with a £2,000 retention payment. (After 2 years)
* Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
* Free town centre parking
* Essential car user allowance of £500* and mileage expenses at 45p per mile.
* Reimbursement of Social Work England professional registration fees currently £90 per year
Other generous benefits including:
* 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years’ service.
* Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
* Discounted gym membership
* Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
* Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
* Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
* Staff recognition and celebration events
Our employees say
“One of the reasons I’ve worked here for so long is because it’s like a family and a listening organisation, where people are encouraged to participate and get involved”.
“Our Social Worker teams are friendly, approachable and professional”.
“We all want to make a difference to the families and children that we work with”.
“Oldham values the person, the families, and the inclusive culture”.
Hear more from our employees and explore our Social Work Academy offer here
Ofsted says
“Children are well supported by social workers, who ensure that their health, education and emotional needs are met”.
“Staff are tenacious”.
“Children and families in Oldham benefit from a comprehensive range of early help services”.
“There is strong partnership working”.
“Senior leaders promote the participation of cared for children and actively seek their voice in developing and shaping service delivery”.
“Relentless focus on improvement by a strong and stable leadership team, with progress made across many areas of practice,”
Read the full Ofsted report here
Are you an experienced and dynamic leader with a passion for getting the best outcomes for children? Join our service as a Team Manager and play a pivotal role in driving an assessment and Intervention team towards excellence
About the Role:
As a Team Manager in our service, you will lead a dedicated team of up to five social workers supported by one Advanced practitioner. Your role will be to ensure the children and families of Oldham receive a high quality service to support their holistic needs and to manage risk inclusive of taking appropriate safeguarding action.
* Provide management and leadership as part of a 3-4 weekly duty cycle, providing oversight and direction at the point of referral.
* Provide high quality reflective supervision to your team on a regular basis, ensuring best practice and high standards of delivery.
* Collaborate with other teams and multi agency professionals to enhance planning and interventions children and their families.
* Monitor and evaluate service performance, ensuring continuous improvement and compliance with statutory requirements.
* To manage and provide leadership to a team of social work and social care staff, which could include staff from other agencies.
* To co-ordinate the team’s activities and ensure delivery is flexible, reliable, and responsive to the needs of Children and Young People, Carers and Families.
* To make a strategic contribution to the wider development of the Service, and ensure drive of excellent practice to achieve good outcomes from children, young people and their families.
About You:
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced social work professional who:
* Holds a recognised social work qualification and registration with Social Work England
* Has substantial experience of working in children’s services, or related areas.
* Demonstrates strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
* Is committed to the support, development and retention of staff within your team and where necessary, the wider service.
* Excels in communication, problem-solving, and collaboration with a range of stakeholders.
* Is able to demonstrate an ability to meet the meet the requirements as set out in the job specification.
What we need from you:
All applicants must meet the relevant criteria, including the right to work in the UK. We do not accept applications from candidates who require sponsorship.
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All roles require strong commitment to securing good outcomes for children, operating in a supportive environment focused on effective delivery, including identifying and responding appropriately to any safeguarding concerns, ensuring the immediate decision making reflects an analysis of risk and protective factors.
Our Behaviours
Our five behaviours support how we work at Oldham, ensuring we all:
* Work with a resident focus.
* Support our local leaders.
* Take ownership and drive change.
* Stay committed to the borough.
* Drive high performance.
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant will be required to register to the DBS Update Service to enable the Council to undertake rechecks throughout your employment. The cost to register is £13 and can be claimed back upon commencement to the role but will not be refunded if you do not accept the offer of employment.
If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council
NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).
Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, have previously been in or currently in care, those that are carers, and those who have served in the Armed Forces as a regular, reserve or cadet.
Diversity and Inclusion:
At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.
About Us:
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
The Council has a clear set of Behaviours, which outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view these Behaviours, along with staff benefits on our Greater.Jobs pages Working for Oldham
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