
Qualified Social Worker | Duty and Advice
- Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- £36,648-40,221 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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.
- To have responsibility for a caseload, including cases which can be of a complex and challenging nature.
- You will work as part of a co-located multi-agency team, which includes representatives from Greater Manchester Police, Health, Community Safety, Adult Social Care, IDVA and the Prevention Hub.
- This co-location enables more effective communication between partner agencies.
- You will be required to respond to contacts made to the MASH in a timely way to identify and secure the most appropriate service to support and safeguard children and families.
- You will communicate with families, partner agencies and members of the public members of the public and partner agencies to enable you to gain details and enable strong evidenced based decision making in line with our practice standards and statutory duties.
- You will have a good understanding of statutory social worker functions and be confident in making informed threshold decisions.
- Social Work Qualification or equivalent
- Social Work England registered
- Enhanced DBS