Social Care Officer
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75714241 |
Summary
About the role
As a Social Care Officer at Bury Council, you play a vital role in supporting individuals and families across the community to live safe, independent, and fulfilling lives. This is a career built on empathy, professionalism, and a commitment to public service.
Your responsibilities are grounded in fulfilling the Council’s statutory duties, particularly under the Care Act 2014 and related adult social care legislation. These include:
- Conducting needs assessments and developing personalised care and support plans.
- Safeguarding adults by identifying and responding to concerns in line with statutory frameworks.
- Promoting independence and wellbeing through access to appropriate services and community resources.
- Ensuring legal compliance in areas such as mental capacity, deprivation of liberty safeguards, and care planning.
- Collaborating with partners across health, housing, and voluntary sectors to deliver coordinated support.
At North Integrated Neighbourhood Team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking team that values continuous learning, reflective practice, and innovation. You’ll have access to professional development, supportive supervision, and the tools you need to make a real difference.
This is more than a jobit’s a chance to be a trusted advocate, a skilled coordinator, and a positive force in people’s lives. Join us in building a stronger, more connected Burywhere everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Normal hours of work are 32 per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Carmel Chadwick on 07583 025 663
Interviews to be arranged
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