Job Title: Social Worker
Team: Transition Team
Hours: 37 per week
Grade: H/I SCP 25 £35,745 to SCP 35 £43,421
Contract: Permanent
To apply for this role, please use the open text box to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria on the Job Description Person Specification.
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Bolton to join the Transition Team working with young people age 14-25 with special education needs and disabilities. The successful candidate will work with both Children and Adult services to ensure a smooth transition for young people in preparing them for adulthood.
The social worker will be responsible for undertaking holistic assessments and developing transition plans that will inform the appropriate future pathway and support for the young person.
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About You
We are looking to recruit a qualified social worker, who is enthusiastic and motivated with an interest and passion for working with young people with disabilities, understanding their needs, current and future aspirations, and to support them in preparing for adulthood.
You will have the ability to communicate, develop, maintain and improve relationships working in collaboration with young people, their families and key partners.
You will work with commissioners alongside the Deputy/Team manager to develop the market and ensure there is sufficient, effective and good quality provision in the local area.
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.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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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, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.