Tameside Council
Location
Bolton, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £18,668 to Scale 34 - £21,201 (actual salary) with a professional bar at Scale 31- £19,593**
Hours: 18 hours per week
Base Location: Adoption Now, 1st Floor Howell Croft, Howell Croft North, Bolton, BL1 1QY
Closing Date: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Interview Date: To be arranged
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join Adoption Now, a busy, committed and experienced adoption service. We are keen to have an energetic and motivated social worker to join us within our newly formed Regional Adoption Agency. Adoption Now is a partnership with Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Bury and Blackburn with Darwen Councils.
The role will be based in the Adoption Support workstream of the agency and is based in Bolton. You will be an employee of Oldham Council and you will be seconded to Bolton MBC.
Adoption Now has an ambitious plan for our Adoption Support service that includes a range of enhanced training opportunities. These opportunities currently include approaches such as Theraplay, DDP, NVR and Therapeutic Life Story Work to support and assess the needs of adoptive families.
For further information please contact Maggie Crabtree, Adoption Support Team Manager on 01204 336 171.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All appointments will be to the bottom salary point in the grade with annual incremental progression each April until the grade maximum is reached. Where an individual can provide evidence that their existing salary in a relevant role surpasses the grade starting salary, a higher entry salary will be considered, subject to the professional grade development criteria also being met if that point is higher than the bar point.
** 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.
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Reference No: DPT511
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Salary
£18.67k per annum
