Wigan Life Centre South

College Avenue

Wigan

WN1 1NJ

Salary: Grade 9, GBP37,336 - GBP42,403 per annum.

4 positions x 37 hours per week

Your role:

We are looking for innovative, passionate, and creative Social Workers to be part of our Children's Disability team which is based within our Locality Service.

You will be a child focused practitioner with a focus on improving experiences and outcomes for children and young people. You will be a team player and innovative problem solver, able to work using initiative and have strong interpersonal skills to not only engage children and families, but to build supportive relationships with colleagues and partner agencies.

You will manage and conduct a range of assessments, plans, intervention and review the impact and progress of outcomes for children. Through the delivery of high-quality practice, you will ensure that children have the right support at the right time and in the right way for them and that children are protected from significant harm.

About you:

You will be a passionate and motivated Social Worker who appreciates the importance of supporting some of our most vulnerable children and their families. You will manage a caseload of children with disabilities who are in need in of support, help, protection or who are cared for by the Local Authority. You will support children who are being worked with under Child in need, Child protection and those within pre proceedings or within the Court arena. Additionally, you will also complete Care Package Reviews for children who access Direct Payments and other supports, but do not have an allocated Social Worker.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted 'Overall Council of the Year' at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030 , our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

Here at Wigan Council, we believe our workforce is our greatest asset and we will ensure you have the right support and a positive working environment to deliver outstanding social care to children, young people and families.

We offer a hybrid model of working and support flexible working in line with the needs of the service. Furthermore, we offer free car parking that is closely located to the Life Centre as well as other areas of the borough.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for .

Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

Should you wish to discuss to have an informal discussion then please contact Claire Cashmore, Team Manager on or email or Virinder Crawford, Service Manager on or email

Close Date: 28/01/24 (11.59pm)

Interview date: To Be Confirmed

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

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