Social Worker - Adult Social Care Mental Health Team
Tameside Council
- Expired
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 Per Week: 36 hours, Monday to Saturday Base Location: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, 225 Old Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7SR 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. Your Role: As a Mental Health Social Worker, you will: About You What We’re Looking For: 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. For an informal chat about the role, contact: Come and be a part of a team that is transforming mental health care in Tameside! 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. ‘’ 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. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. ** 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. Previous applicants in the last 6 month need not apply 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 2117 or joanne.scott@tameside.gov.uk Calculate your take home pay. Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year. Employment could affect your benefits, find out more here. 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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.
Jo Scott, Team Manager: joanne.scott@tameside.gov.uk
Maria Botterill, Service Unit Manager: maria.botterill@tameside.gov.ukSupporting Documents
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Location
Fountain Street, Ashton under Lyne, Tameside, OL6 9RW, United Kingdom
Job ID
1325
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