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Job Description
Childrens Services Social Worker-Trafford Council Salary: Band 7 (Level 2) – Band 8 (Level 3), £30,984 - £36,371 per annum. To aid attraction and retention of Level 3 (Band 8) Social Workers, Trafford have in place a market factor supplement of £2,400 per annum (pro rata to hours worked) which is payable monthly and reviewed on an annual basis.
Contract: Permanent Location: Borough-wide, main office locations Trafford Town Hall or Sale Waterside Here in Trafford our vision is that at all levels our interventions make life better for children and families. We are ambitious for our children and for our practitioners - and our core value is ‘would this be good enough for my child’? Our service was redesigned in 2021 to ensure that our teams are offering the right help at the right time for our families and children, and now that this is embedded it is helping us to improve the way that services are delivered. As a relatively small local authority, we pride ourselves on our friendly teams, manageable caseloads, creative approach and colleagues who support each other. We believe that having a culture and environment in which our managers and social workers can thrive is an essential element of improving outcomes for children and families. To support this we have invested in a 3-year programme with relational specialists Strengthening Practice to provide ongoing training and enhance our social workers’ personal development. Our vision is to have practitioners and manage