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Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £38,626 to Scale 34 - £43,693 with a professional bar at SCP 31 £40,476**
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Exciting Opportunity for Social Workers / AMHPs in Tameside
Join Our Dynamic Mental Health Team!
Are you a passionate and dedicated Social Worker or Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) looking for an exciting new opportunity? Tameside is seeking committed professionals to join our newly formed team, working alongside Community Mental Health Teams, the Living Well service, and the Early Intervention Team. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with moderate to severe mental health needs while contributing to the development and growth of our evolving service.
Why Join Us?
Be Part of a Forward-Thinking Team: We are committed to innovation, development, and delivering the highest quality of care to the residents of Tameside.
Support Transitioning Young Adults: Play a vital role in supporting children with mental health needs as they transition into adult services.
Professional Growth & Development: We offer strong clinical and management supervision, as well as a personal development and training plan to enhance your skills.
AMHP Opportunities & Allowance: If you are not yet an AMHP, we will support you in working towards this qualification. If you are already an AMHP, you will participate in our AMHP rota (approximately 2 duties per month) and receive an extra allowance per shift.
Your Role:
* Coordinate, commission, and deliver individual care and social support packages.
* Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams to support individuals with complex mental health needs.
* Ensure the Council’s obligations under the Care Act and other statutory responsibilities are met.
* Support young people transitioning from children’s services to adult mental health services.
About You
* A must: qualified Social Worker with relevant experience in adult social care and mental health practice.
* A must: current driving licence and vehicle.
Join Us & Make a Difference!
Tameside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable individuals. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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.
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.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here.
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Jo Scott, Team Manager: [emailprotected] or
Maria Botterill, Service Unit Manager: [emailprotected]
Come and be a part of a team that is transforming mental health care in Tameside!
Previous applicants in the last 6 months need not apply.
** 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.
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