Social Worker

Posting date:	09 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	08 February 2026
Location:	Tameside, OL7 9QG
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75777315

Summary

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £39,862 to Scale 34 - £45,091 with a professional bar at SCP 31 £41,771**

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

**Vehicle fitters only** plus additional contracted hours during November to March.

Base Location: Wilshaw House, Ashton-Under-Lyne

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

We are looking for a Social Worker to join our Learning Disability and Autism Team. If you are passionate about supporting adults with a Learning Disability and/ or Autism we want to hear from you.

You will be joining the team at a time of transformation and great investment into services for adults and social work practice.

You will be part of a friendly and supportive team and your work will include managing a caseload, Care Act Assessments, creating Support Plans, Safeguarding, Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Decisions and signposting to internal and external services where necessary to enhance wellbeing and independence. You will also be part of a duty rota.

Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families.

‘Our People Our Place Our Plan’ outlines our aims and aspirations for the area, its people and how we commit to work for everyone, every day.

Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.

About You

You will be Social Work qualified and have professional registration with Social Work England. You will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective professional relationships with other disciplines and with other local health and social care services to enable a coordinated response to individuals and families.

Here is what one of our current staff members says about working in our Service;

“This is a fast paced and yet rewarding role with a supportive team of Practitioners and Managers alike. I have developed as a Practitioner while at Tameside as well as accessed career progression opportunities, which is great”

If you are committed and would like to be part of our journey, we really want to hear from you.

It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.

About Us

Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.

‘’ I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.

‘‘Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.

‘’One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It’s amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.

‘’Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us 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 expects all staff to share this commitment.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

** 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.

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.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel.

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on: Eleanor.simpson@tameside.gov.uk/ Christopher.mccormick@tameside.gov.uk

Supporting Documents

↗ Social Worker Job Description and personal specification profile

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