Social Worker

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £39,862 to Scale 34 - £45,091 with a professional bar at SCP 31 £41,771**

Hours: 36 hours per week

Base Location: Various locations across the Borough

Interview Date: To be arranged

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to come and work for Tameside Adult's Services.

We are looking for driven, qualified Social Workers, who have completed their ASYE, to join Adult Services. If you are passionate about supporting adults to live well at home, we would love to hear from you.

Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families.

'Our People Our Place Our Plan' outlines our aims and aspirations for the area, its people and how we commit to work for everyone, every day.

Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.

Tameside is proud to offer our social workers:

• Ongoing training and development
• Opportunities to invest in your on development and career progression from ASYE to Senior leadership
• Thorough induction and ongoing supervision and support
• Manageable caseloads and a supportive team
• Employees are encouraged to be involved in the ongoing development of practice
• Flexible working

We currently have positions in our Neighbourhood Teams. It's an exciting time to come and work for us as you will be joining the team at a time of transformation and great investment into services for adults and social work practice.

About You

You will take the lead on supporting adults to live well at home. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team and your work will include managing a caseload, Care Act Assessments, Support Plans, Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions and signposting to internal and external services where necessary to enhance wellbeing and independence.

You will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective professional relationships with other disciplines and with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to individuals and families.

Roles are available on our Neighborhood teams.

Here is what one of our current Social Workers says about working in our Service.

"This is a fast paced and yet rewarding role with a supportive team of Practitioners and Managers alike. I have developed as a Practitioner while at Tameside as well as accessed career progression opportunities, which is great"

Social Worker in IUCT

"I am lucky to be part of an amazing, supportive and flexible team and I am excited for possible future opportunities and a long career with Tameside."

Social Worker Neighbourhood.

If you are committed and would like to be part of our journey, we really want to hear from you.

About Us

Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.

'' I've worked here for many years now and I'm proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.

''Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.

''One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It's amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.

''Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people's lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ''

These positions are subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

** These posts are 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:

• Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND

• Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

• Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

For further details or informal discussion, please contact:

• Nicola Thewlis, Team manager /

These posts are a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

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