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Are you looking for an exciting role in Children's Social Work?
Are you looking for a role that is rewarding?
Yes?
Randstad are looking for Qualified Social Workers / Advanced Practitioners and Team Managers to join Oldham Council's Safeguarding and Care Planning Team.
They are a newly improved Local Authority who have invested in more teams across a range of service areas to ensure they continue being the most diverse community within Greater Manchester. They are a Local Authority who will develop and reward your expertise therefore will provide you with a range of support access, continuous professional development and training and development opportunities.
You can expect a fantastic salary of:
QSW - 36,648 - 40,221
Experienced QSW - 40,221 - 44,428
Advanced Practitioner - 44,428 - 48,474
Team Manager - 48,474 - 51,515
Benefits:
- Competitive pay with a 2,000 retention payment
- Free town centre parking
- Essential car user allowance of 500* and mileage expenses at 45p per mile
- Reimbursement of Social Work England professional registration fees, currently 90 per year
- Generous relocation package of up to 8,000
- 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years' service
- Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
- Discounted gym membership
- Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more
- Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
- Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support
- Staff recognition and celebration events
- A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager
- A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
- Clear progression pathways
- Oldham offers a development pathway for Advanced Practitioners, which includes a point of competence recognition and approval to authorise elements of our service delivery.
Responsibilities:
QSW/Experienced QSW
- You will be joining a dynamic and rejuvenated team, where you will be assessing and supporting families through some of the most complex times of their lives.
- You will be expected to understand risk and be able to work with a variety of agencies in order to work together to safeguard and reduce the risks around children at times of need.
- You will have a mixture of casework relating to children in need and child protection
- You will also have to undertake court work, supported by your practice development manager and team manager as required
Advanced Practitioner
- To support staff, including reflective and group supervision, assistance in reflecting on quality of performance as a team and for individuals within the service, and giving technical advice and guidance to staff.
- Assisting the team manager in making sense of quality assurance feedback and data, promoting a learning culture sharing good practice and strengths as well as identifying areas for development and finding ways to ensure consistent high quality.
- To model continual professional development and be accountable for the promotion of social work, good practice and learning from research.
- The caseload is expected to be at approx. 60% to allow for the time and space to deliver the other elements of the role.
Team Manager
- To manage and provide leadership to a team of social work and social care staff, which could include staff from other agencies.
- To co-ordinate the team's activities and ensure delivery is flexible, reliable, and responsive to the needs of Service Users, Carers and Families.
- To make a strategic contribution to the wider development of the Service.
Requirements:
- Social Work Qualification or equivalent
- Social Work England registered
- Enhanced DBS
For more information or confidential discussion, please call Hannah (phone number removed) or email .
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
