Newly Qualified Social Worker

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

Base

Location:

Various locations throughout Tameside

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Are you a newly qualified Social Worker looking to start your career? Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? Do you bring compassion, curiosity, collaboration, conversation, and courage to your practice? If so, Tameside is looking for you.

We have vacancies for Newly Qualified Social Workers across Children’s Services in Tameside.

We offer a supportive, nurturing ASYE year through our Social Work Academy, where you’ll be guided by a dedicated Advanced Practice Lead, alongside support from your Team Manager and Senior Practitioner. You will receive a bespoke induction that prepares you to work with children and families, as well as reflective supervision, specialist training, peer learning, coaching and mentoring, dedicated study time and a reduced caseload.

What you can expect:

• Enhanced support from our Social Work Academy
• Dedicated time to observe practice and complete core training
• An induction buddy to help you settle in
• Tailored professional development and ongoing support from the Academy
• Magic notes to support with recording
• A career pathway that supports your development

About You

You are a newly qualified social worker ready to champion our Heart of Support Practice Approach and begin your career grounded in strong, compassionate, relationship‑based practice. You bring curiosity, care and a commitment to learning, and you’re eager to develop your skills within an environment that nurtures, supports and invests in you.

You understand the importance of working alongside children and families with compassion, approaching each situation with empathy and respect. You bring curiosity, asking questions, seeking to understand lived experiences and exploring what matters to each child. You value collaboration, working with families, colleagues and partners to create meaningful plans. You prioritise open, thoughtful conversation that help children and families feel heard, understood and respected.

You show courage, are willing to think critically, reflect, and make decisions that keep children safe.

You are someone who:

• Is committed to high quality, child‑centred, relational practice
• Values reflective supervision, learning and continuous development
• Works collaboratively with families and partner agencies
• Is resilient, organised, and confident to ask for support when needed
• Brings energy, empathy and a genuine desire to make a positive difference

You are ready to grow, develop and build a strong professional foundation with the support of our Social Work Academy.

Our Heart of Support Practice Approach

At Tameside, we believe in:

• Compassion – understanding the lived experiences of children and families.
• Curiosity – asking questions that lead to deeper insight and better outcomes for children.
• Collaboration – working together across services to deliver joined‑up support.
• Conversation – listening and engaging meaningfully with children, families and professionals.
• Courage – leading with courage, making bold and compassionate decisions that put children first.

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.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.

All appointments will be to the bottom salary point in the grade with annual incremental progression each April until the grade maximum is reached. Where an individual can provide evidence that their existing salary in a relevant role surpasses the grade starting salary, a higher entry salary will be considered, subject to the professional grade development criteria also being met if that point is higher than the bar point.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job…