Social Worker Safeguarding/Cared for Children/MASH
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL6 6BH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75774850 |
Summary
Salary: Grade H Scale 29 - £39,862 to Scale 34 - £45,091 with a professional bar at SCP 31 £41,771**
Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton Under Lyne
Closing date: 12 January 2026
Assessment date: to be confirmed
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? Do you bring compassion, curiosity, collaboration, conversation, and courage to your practice? If so, Tameside is looking for you.
An exciting opportunity has become available for enthusiastic social workers to join our MASH, Safeguarding and Cared for Children Teams.
The MASH Team respond to information about children where there are worries about unmet needs.
Our Safeguarding Teams work with children and families requiring longer-term support under Child in Need, Child Protection, Public Law Outline, and Care Proceedings.
The Cared for Children Team work with children in our care to create permanence and build safe, happy, and healthy futures, ensuring every child receives the highest standard of care and opportunities to thrive.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us on our improvement journey. The work is varied, offering you the chance to develop new skills, gain valuable experience, and progress in your career. You will be supported by a friendly and experienced team of Social Workers and Managers, with a comprehensive induction, ongoing training, and regular supervision to help you reach your full potential.
You will feel valued and included, with dedicated time to observe practice and complete introductory learning and development.
To apply for the role please upload your CV together with a supporting statement of no more than 2 pages that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification.
Please also include details of your education and training and employment history and any reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your CV/supporting statement.
About You
This role would suit a compassionate social worker with a passion for guiding and supporting others, whilst continuing to make a difference in the lives of children. As a social worker you will have completed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment.
We are looking for experienced social workers with great communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to positively influence others.
About Us
Our Heart of Support Practice Approach
At Tameside, we believe in:
- Compassion understanding the lived experiences of children and families.
- Curiosity asking questions that lead to deeper insight and better outcomes for children.
- Collaboration working together across services to deliver joined-up support.
- Conversation listening and engaging meaningfully with children, families and professionals.
- Courage leading with courage, making bold and compassionate decisions that put children first.
Message from Jill Colbert, Director of Children’s Services
“I joined the council at the beginning of 2025 and was instantly charmed by the warmth, openness, and energy of colleagues.
“I came to Tameside for one reason; because I know we can do fantastic things for our families here.
“We’re a children’s service on a significant improvement journey. We know what needs to be different for our children and families and we’re ambitious to deliver that change.
“We have a growing range of specialist services for children, where you can test and grow your skills and practice. We have a Social Work Academy that is led by people who bring passion to learning and who know that the DCS’ of the future are right in front of them. We are working on our progression pathways so that staying in Tameside is rewarded and recognised. We have investment in innovation and improvement from the council so that we can grow services and support for families that we can sustain, from family hubs through to complex safeguarding.
“I am so certain that we can build a proud, inclusive and safe climate for great practice to flourish in Tameside. I’d love you to join me on the journey here at Team Tameside.”
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.
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.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria. 0161 342 2339
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact
Philip Wilkinson Head of Family Help & Neighbourhood Social Work philip.wilkinson@tameside.gov.uk 07808212083 for information regarding Safeguarding vacancies or
Nazia Kousar Nazia.Kousar@tameside.gov.uk 0161 342 2339 regarding Cared for Children vacancies.
Jayne Grice Head of Service MASH EDT and Early Help, on 0161 342 4463 Regarding MASH vacancies.
Supporting Documents
↗ Social Worker Cared for Children Job Description and Person Specification Profile↗ Social Worker Safeguarding Job Description and Person Specification Profile
↗ Social Worker MASH Job Description and Person Specification Profile
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