Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £34,434 - SCP 28 £39,152
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Dukinfield Town Hall
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to come and work for Tameside Adult’s Services
We are looking for driven social care Assessors to join Adult Services. If you are passionate about supporting adults to live well at home, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families.
‘Our People Our Place Our Plan’ outlines our aims and aspirations for the area, its people and how we commit to work for everyone, every day.
Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.
Tameside is proud to offer our assessors:
Ongoing training and development
Opportunities to invest in your on development and career progression from Assessor, to Social Worker to Senior leadership
Thorough induction and ongoing supervision and support
Manageable caseloads and a supportive team
Employees are encouraged to be involved in the ongoing development of practice
Flexible working
We currently have positions in our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams. It’s an exciting time to come and work for us as you will be joining the team at a time of transformation and great investment into services for adults and social work practice.
You will take the lead on supporting adults to live well at home. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team and your work will include managing a caseload, Care Act Assessments, Support Plans, Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions and signposting to internal and external services where necessary to enhance wellbeing and independence.
About You
You will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective professional relationships with other disciplines and with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to individuals and families.
Here is what one of our current staff members says about working in our Service;
“This is a fast paced and yet rewarding role with a supportive team of Practitioners and Managers alike. I have developed as a Practitioner while at Tameside as well as accessed career progression opportunities, which is great”
“I am lucky to be part of an amazing, supportive and flexible team and I am excited for possible future opportunities and a long career with Tameside.”
If you are committed and would like to be part of our journey, we really want to hear from you.
Experience of working with adults and previous employment in a similar position would be desirable.
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. ‘’
It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.
This post will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
For an informal discussion about the roles please do not hesitate to contact Team Manager Meg Gough on 07970825044 and Maria Doyle 07783656283