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 (flexible working options are welcome)
Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6BH
Assessment Date: To be arranged
To apply for this role please upload your CV together with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification.
Please also include details of your education and training and employment history and any reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your CV/supporting statement.
The Role
We are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and committed Social Workers to join us in our Duty and Assessment as well as Safeguarding and Support teams. The duty team will take cases from the point of referral, complete assessments, strategy meetings, initiate legal proceedings and PLO where required and the case will then transfer to our long term team thereafter. The long term teams will work with children and families needing longer term support under Child in Need, Child Protection, Public Law Outline and Care Proceedings.
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.
Our new staff are telling us that the refreshed Children’s Services induction programme is GREAT and the most comprehensive they have seen. We are really proud to hear that staff are feeling valued and included. You can also expect dedicated time to observe practice and complete introductory learning and development.
About You
You will be an experienced Social Worker with substantial previous child care social work experience. With good needs assessment and risk assessment skills you will be able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary system, as well as in a team across the service and with other agencies.
Be that difference and find out more information why you should work for us here
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 values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
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 position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.
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.
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 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
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 4366 or daniel.murphy@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: DPT679