Social Worker - Adult Social Care Mental Health Team

Contract Type: Permanent

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

Hours Per Week: 36 hours, Monday to Saturday

Base Location: Wilshaw House, Wilshaw Lane, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9QG

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Exciting Opportunity for Social Workers / AMHPs/ BI Assessors in Tameside

Join Our Dynamic Mental Health Team!

Are you a passionate and dedicated Social Worker, Best Interest assessor or Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) looking for an exciting new opportunity? Tameside is seeking committed professionals to join our mental health team, working collaboratively with various NHS mental health services and the voluntary sector. 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.

Best Interest Assessor Opportunities: We will support you in working towards this qualification.

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

As a Mental Health Social Worker, you will:

• Assess, 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

What We’re Looking For:

• A must: qualified Social Worker with relevant experience in adult social care and mental health practice.
• A must: current driving licence and access to a vehicle. Reasonable adjustments under the equality act can be considered however travel out of Greater Manchester is a routine part of this post.

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.

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 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.

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

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

For further information about this role please contact Polly Wade Assistant Team Manager on polly.wade@tameside.gov.uk or Jacqueline Charnock Assistant Team Manager on jacqueline.charnock@tameside.gov.uk

Previous applicants in the last 6 month need not apply