22 Oct
Tameside Council
Borough of Tameside
Job description
Contract Type : Permanent
Salary : Grade I. Scale 35 - £43,421 to Scale 39 - £47,420 with a professional bar at Scale 37- £45,441
Hours : 36 hours per week (including flexible working opportunities)
Base Location : Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6BH
Interview Date : To be arranged
The Role
Tameside Children’s Services have an exciting opportunity for Senior Practitioners in both our Duty and Assessment Team as well as Safeguarding and Support Team, ideal for experienced social workers who are looking to take the next step in their career.
This role offers the chance to not only shape the lives of Tameside children,
but also to shape the future of your profession by developing the next generation of social work professionals.
We are in our improvement journey which includes launch of brand-new Social Work Academy, to offer high quality training and development opportunities for our social workers while also increasing the quality of support that is offered to our families in Tameside.
If you’d like to help us achieve our ambition and join us on this journey, then we’d like to hear from you.
As a Senior Practitioner you will :
- Get a chance to pass on your skills and experience to less experienced team members
- Under the direction of the team manager, support colleagues in their professional development and progression
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to our ASYE and student social workers, nurturing their professional growth and confidence
- Hold a small caseload of complex cases
- Play a key role in providing opportunities for group supervision and reflective learning opportunity through co-working and sharing of best practice examples
We have adopted a trauma informed strength and relationship based approach as our practice framework. The principles of which sit behind this approach are conversation, curiosity, consideration, courage and collaboration.
About You
This role would suit a compassionate social worker with a passion for guiding and supporting others, whilst continuing to make a difference in the lives of children.
We are looking for experienced social workers with great communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to positively influence others.
About Us
In return for your dedication and hard work we can offer :
- Flexible working opportunities for greater work life balance, as this helps us have a happy and stable workforce.
- A minimum of 28 days leave per year,
with the option to buy additional leave
- 36 hours working week
- Discounted parking
- Social work teams centrally located together
- Comprehensive workforce development programme
- Practice Educator Payment
- Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Health and Wellbeing Support
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more
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.
We actively listen to our staff in a variety of ways through having regular team meetings,
employee engagement sessions and staff surveys.
Our comprehensive workforce development programme provides many opportunities to help you grow and develop your career. The peer support you will also receive is second to none.
Please indicate your preference for either Duty and Assessment Team or Safeguarding and Support Team within your application form.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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.
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 [email protected]
Reference Number : DPT386