Associate Director of Social Work | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £91,342 - £105,337 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Prestwich, M25 3BL |
| Company: | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7655863/437-7655863 |
Summary
We are thrilled to announce the introduction of the Associate Director of Social Work. This is a significant milestone in our commitment to delivering outstanding, person-centred care and strengthening the voice of social work across our services.
It is a collaborative post spanning across Greater Manchester (mental health). The role brings together the combined strengths of both mental health trusts to enhance patient care, strengthen professional practice, and influence system‑wide improvement. It provides strategic leadership and professional oversight of social work practice across the whole Greater Manchester footprint, ensuring high‑quality, person‑centred, equitable, and legally compliant social care practice.
Please note that this role not suitable to be undertaken remotely.
Band 8d (Subject to job evaluation)
Interview date - Friday 6th February 2026
To provide strategic leadership and professional oversight of social work across the Trust, ensuring high-quality, person-centred, and legally compliant social care practice.
The role is predominantly concerned with supporting the Chief Nurse to ensure the best possible standard of care delivery by social work workforce across the Trust and provide senior leadership for the Trust for this agenda.
The post holder will be a highly skilled senior leader within the Trust and have excellent clinical communication and interpersonal skills, able to manage complex sensitive situations to ensure that all staff understand the role they play and what the domains/ KLOEs are in relation to the Social work agenda and their service.
The post will work closely with teams to improve and develop all aspects of Social work practice, provide visible leadership and influence the development of services to ensure continuous improvements in the quality of care. This post will also lead continuous quality improvement in relation to SWs of all services ensuring that the patient experience and learning lessons influence the Trust’s future development and are embedded within everyday practice.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Please refer to attached JD and person specification.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
This advert closes on Monday 26 Jan 2026