Contract Type: Fixed term contract (until 31st March 2025)

 

Contract Reason: Subject to funding

 

Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development 

 

Salary: Grade F. Scale 17 - £28,770 to Scale 22 - £31,364

 

Hours: 36 hours per week 

 

Base Location: Broadoak Community Centre, Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RS

 

Closing Date: Tuesday 7th May 2024

 

Assessment Date: To be confirmed

 

Tameside Children’s Services are seeking to recruit committed Transition Support Workers to join our team as part of the Staying Close project.  Staying Close is a pilot service offer to children who have left care and who have previously lived in children’s homes, designed to offer them practical, employment, emotional and social help in their lives as they exit care. 

 

The aim of the programme is to ensure that each young person is equipped with skills to be able to live a successful and positive life, once they move into their own home. The support to the young people continues until the age of 21.

 

We are looking for Support Workers with vision and energy to be able to build positive, genuine relationships with young people. You will have ambitious aspirations for the young people you support, ensuring that they access a variety of opportunities to further develop interests and skills.

 

You will have knowledge of developing independence skills such as, budgeting, cooking, shopping, DIY, paying bills, dealing with utility providers, housing providers etc. in order to be able to support the young people on the programme.

 

The service operates across seven days and includes evening work. 

 

Please note all essential criteria within the attached person specification must be satisfied/evidenced for your application to be considered.

 

In return, we offer a competitive salary, a minimum of 27 days leave per year, 36 hours working week, membership of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, which is a Local Government Pension Scheme and much more.

 

To find out more about our rewards and benefits package click here.

 

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

 

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.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do.  We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. 

 

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

 

For further details about this role or informal discussion, please contact Amy Glassman, Project Manager on amy.glassman@tameside.gov.uk 

 

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

 

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

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

 

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We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers carers and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

 

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