Social Worker (ASYE)

Social Worker (ASYE)

Job description

Contract Type : Permanent

Salary : Grade H. Scale 29 - £37,336 to Scale 34 - £42,403 with a professional bar at Scale 31- £39,186

Hours Per Week : 36 (flexible working options are welcome)

Base Location : Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6BH or Ashton Old Library, Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7SG

Assessment Date : To be arranged

About you

Are you a newly qualified Social Worker looking to start your career? Do you want to work in a supportive and nurturing environment where the importance of your first years as a Social Worker are valued and cultivated?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

We have ASYE vacancies across Children’s Services in Tameside.







We offer a supportive and nurturing ASYE year led by our Social Work Academy where you will be guided by our dedicated Advanced Practitioner Leads as well as support from your Team Manager and Senior Practitioner on your team.

You will have access to a bespoke induction which will prepare you for your vital work with our families in addition to reflective supervision, specialised training and development, peer supervision and reflection, coaching and mentoring, dedicated study time and a reduced case load.

Message from the Head of the Social Work Academy

We recognise and value the importance of our ASYE’s and understand that the early experiences of our newly qualified Social Workers will shape the future of our workforce.

Here in Tameside, we are heavily investing in our ASYE’s with bespoke training and development and enhanced levels of support to ensure that our Social Workers can be the best that they can be’.

Why work for us?







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 also really proud to hear that staff are feeling valued and included :

- No case allocation during your first two weeks
- Enhanced support from our new Social Work Academy
- Dedicated time to observe practice and complete introductory learning and development
- Induction buddy programme
- Dedicated support for your professional development from the Social Work Academy

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 offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits,





including :

- Health and Wellbeing Support
- Flexible working including 9 day fortnight / compressed hours / hybrid working to allow greater work life balance
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes including cycle to work and car lease scheme
- Up to 30 days leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave
- Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Greater Manchester continuous service commitment (we will recognise your continuous or unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority,





giving you access to our service-related benefits)
- Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more

Be that difference and find out more information why you should work for us here

For further information or informal discussion please contact Nik Joseph, Head of Social Work Academy on 0161 342 5056 or [email protected]

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.







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.

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.

Reference Number : DPT371

▶️ Social Worker (ASYE)
🖊️ Tameside Council
📍 Borough of Tameside