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Social Worker (Children with Disabilities), Greater Manchester
Client:
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 1b6a57ee340a
Job Views: 5
Posted: 03.03.2025
Expiry Date: 17.04.2025
Job Description:
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £38,626 to Scale 34 - £43,693 with a professional bar at Scale 31 - £40,476
Assessment Date: Thursday, 27th March 2025
The role:
As a children with disabilities social worker, you will be joining a multi-agency team supporting disabled children and their families. You will be working alongside colleagues from multi-disciplinary professions including health and education who are also passionate about delivering the best possible services for disabled children.
Your role will include undertaking assessments underpinned by our trauma-informed strength and relationship-based approach, child-focused plans, and reviewing short break care packages. Your caseload will range from child in need and child protection to looked after children where you may be working with a child until they reach 18 years of age and coordinate their transition to adult services.
About you:
We are looking for a passionate and experienced social worker who can undertake excellent assessments for those children in need and those in need of protection. This individual will be able to complete assessments in a child-focused way with the ability to coordinate the provision of appropriate services to create excellent outcomes for our children and young people. We are looking for someone who can be creative and child-focused in terms of their communication skills and someone who is able to advocate to a high standard for our children and young people.
About us:
We recognize that our staff are our most important resource and asset. 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 also offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including:
* Free parking at Jubilee Gardens
* Minimum of 28 days leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave
* 36 hours working week
* Health and wellbeing support
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
* Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants, and much more
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.
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 practiced 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 that 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 5599 or [emailprotected]
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