Social Worker- Integrated Front Door

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	28 Ionawr 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Competitive
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	27 Chwefror 2026
Lleoliad:	Bolton, BL2 2JW
Cwmni:	inploi
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	75781651

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Grade: H scp 27 £38,220 -scp 31 £41,771 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa or Grade I scp 31 £41,771- scp 35 £46,142 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Full Driving Licence, DBS, SWE registration.
Essential Qualification: CQSW/DipSW/CSS/SW Degree or equivalent

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
This role sits within our Integrated Front Door Team, which in other Local Authorities is referred to as the MASH. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and the skills of others within our team.

This is none case holding, office-based role whereby you will be working collaboratively with all partner agencies within the Integrated Front Door including the Police, Health, Missing from Home Coordinator, Independent Domestic Violence Advocates and Children with Disabilities Duty.

Whilst the role is none case holding, you will still be afforded the opportunity to have daily interactions with partner agencies outside of the Integrated Front Door and with families and members of the public.

This is a fast paced and exciting role whereby you will be screening, triaging and make threshold decisions relating to all new referrals to the Integrated Front Door. You will also be relied upon to provide your expert knowledge to professionals and families and contribute to strategy meetings and other multi-agency meetings.

In 2023 we retained our overall GOOD grading from Ofsted in our ILACS.

As set out in our Bolton 2030 vision, our aim is to support people to Start Well, Live Well and Age Well and we are passionate about keeping children and young people at the heart of the work we do. We want to make sure all our children and young people have the best possible start in life, so they have every chance to succeed and be happy.

Following our recent Ofsted inspection, which confirmed how great our staff and our services are, Ofsted said:

‘Social workers are well supported and say they feel valued.’

‘Social workers describe a culture of regular and reflective supervision.’

Bolton is a fantastic place to work, and our employees thrive working here. We are incredibly proud of our Bolton Family, of which you will become an integral part.

We are keen to support you to progress in your social work journey with training and development opportunities.

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d like to know more about, we’d love to hear from you. For an informal chat, please contact our Team Managers, Natalie Nicholson and Michelle Leemon 01204 337400.

Join Bolton Children’s Services and be part of a team where your expertise is valued and your decisions make a difference every day.

If you think you could be what we're looking for, please apply now with your CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the role as covered in the job description and person specification

About You
We are looking for a confident, motivated social worker who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys making well informed decisions that have a real impact.

You will have at least two years post qualifying experience and a strong understanding of safeguarding and current children’s social care practice. You will be skilled in analysing information from multiple sources, assessing risk, and making safe, timely and proportionate threshold decisions for children in need and those requiring protection.

You will bring excellent communication skills, enabling you to build positive professional relationships, provide clear advice and guidance to referrers and partner agencies, and engage appropriately with families. You will be confident in completing high quality Contacts and Referrals, presenting accurate and concise information both verbally and in writing.

You will also act as a champion for continuous improvement, role modelling high standards of practice, embedding Research in Practice, and contributing positively to the ongoing development of the Integrated Front Door and wider Children’s Services.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

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

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

Supporting Documents

↗ Social Worker IFD JD
↗ Privacy and Cookie Policy
↗ Top Tips
↗ Staff Benefits
↗ Our Values & Behaviours
↗ Documents for DBS
↗ Documents for Right to Work

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