Workforce Training and Development Manager

Tameside Children's Services are proud to launch NEW Social Work Academy starting this autumn to help increase the quality of support that is offered to families in the borough, ensuring children are at the heart of everything., As part of this launch, we are looking to recruit a Workforce Training and Development Manager to support our newly qualified and experienced children's services workforce in our newly developed Social Work Academy. You will be responsible for making relationships with our partners to develop a robust training programme that meets the needs of our developing workforce by investing in their knowledge and skills., This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a well organised and creative individual who would like to progress their own career and really make a difference to Tameside. You will be an experienced training and development professional who has a strong knowledge base of children's services operations and what good Social Work practice looks like. You will have experience of analysing information to design and deliver quality training and development courses that support the improvement of quality practice.

The Social Work Academy pathway recognises that staff are its greatest asset and will provide good supervision and management support, with opportunities for learning and development. The training will align newly qualified staff with experienced colleagues, building on social worker retention and providing future career development for those that have completed the training. Tameside Council Executive Member for Children's Services, Councillor Teresa Smith, said: "The launch of the Social Worker Academy is an exciting step in our improvement journey and will offer high quality training and development opportunities for our social workers while also increasing the quality of support that is offered to our families in Tameside. This training programme will provide newly qualified social workers with the support to continue their learning, along with dedicated mentoring to help children and families achieve the best outcomes and ensure they get the right help at the right time." In Tameside, we like to look after our employees and offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including:

• Minimum of 28 days leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave
• 36 hours working week
• Flexible working opportunities
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave and much more