Social Care
Children's Services
Salford City Council
Salford City Council
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
M27 5AW
Stepping Stones Cared for
Team Social Workers (Level 2 & 3)
Grade: Level 2 - 3C (£36,648 - £39,186), Level 3 - 4A (£40,221 - £43,421)
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 2nd June 2024 (We are holding interviews as applications are received)
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We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford. We are investing in the right social workers to get us there across our teams from newly qualified social workers to team managers including those who are looking to relocate to the area.
We are expanding our teams within our Stepping Stones Cared for Team.
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Our stepping stones team is made up of 3 teams of 8 social workers, 4 advanced social workers, three team managers and one service manager and head of service. Our cared for team work with cared for children in various settings such as residential, foster care, connected persons and at home with parents. You will support children and young people following the finalising of Court Proceedings up until the age of 16 or discharge.
We are unique in that we have a separate team to assist social workers in discharging of orders or work carried out before transferring to a new team.
We are rich in resources including our own CAMHS service which is STARLAC to our specialist Route29 service which helps with placement stability and rehab homes including after hours support, visits including weekend.
Have a keen interest in an area? As a level 2 or 3 social worker we are keen for you to have specialisms or be a ‘champion’ of practice in a certain area.
In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.
You will be responsible for:
Our offer to you:
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Our friendly teams could talk your socks off when it comes to all things Social Work. We appreciate you may want to have a look around our offices, meet some staff or your future potential teams and shadow– we’re happy to arrange this.
We'd love to hear from you and find out more about what you're looking for so if you'd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to social.work@salford.gov.uk and we'll get a call arranged. We look forward to hearing from you!
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salary from
£40,000
contract
permanent
working hours
full time
application deadline
11 59 pm
2nd Jun 2024
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