Grade: H scp27 £35,745 to scp31 £39,186
Grade: I scp31 £39,186 to scp35 £43,421
Contract: Permanent

Role specifics: Post holders must be either; registered with Social Work England or in the final year of a Social Work degree or equivalent and must hold a full driving licence.

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The Role
To do everything possible to ensure the team provides an efficient and effective service to the residents of Bolton. This involves detailed assessment of need (Care Act) and effective asset-based support planning, taking into account available resources, universal and voluntary services. Carers assessments and capacity assessments and Best Interest decision making will be key to this role, as well as Continuing Health Care assessments and Inter disciplinary and multi-agency working.

Experience of resettlement from out of area placements back into the local area, transition work for young adults moving into Adult Services, supporting individuals to move on from their family homes, and Safeguarding investigations is preferable but not exclusive and, we welcome applications from newly qualified Social Workers and offer an extensive package of support through ASYE and for Continuing Professional Development.

About You
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated individuals who have a passion for working with adults with Learning Disabilities, understanding their needs, aspirations and supporting them to enhance their quality of life.
You will have the ability to develop and maintain relationships with team members, external organisations, service users and carers. You will have the skills to be actively involved in multidisciplinary team working and decision making.
You will be able to remain focused and motivated, manage and prioritise your workload, in a hybrid working environment encompassing both office and non-office-based working.
These posts are subject to enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service and registration with Social Work England.

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.

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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

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