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Gloucestershire County Council is seeking an interim Advanced Practitioner for its Disabled Children and Young Persons team – are you interested? Or can you refer a friend for £250 if placed?
This role is currently set to run for one full year.
The pay rate is £43 umbrella.
There is an expenses package available offering up to £150 towards accommodation or mileage (Ts & Cs apply).
Details of the role:
- The Disabled Children and Young Persons Social Work Team supports children and young people who are aged 0- 18 years old with significant needs arising from their disability.
- The team aims to ensure that disabled children and their families have access to a needs-led services that promotes resilience, co-production and improves children’s life chances.
- To do this the team will work with partners to make sure that every child has an accurate assessment of need; with a plan that sets out how support will be delivered, with the aim to improve outcomes.
- As an Advanced Practitioner, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service which will provide the best outcomes for the children and young people of Gloucestershire.
- You will be a resilient, driven individual who can play your part in making our vision for children’s services a reality.
- Taking on a protected case load, you will work to create the best outcomes for children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks and circumstances.
- You will take a lead in promoting and supporting quality control and improvement activities within the team and across the service and support performance activities.
- Your role will also include providing supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and NQSW within the team.
Requirements of the role:
- Qualified Social Worker
- Fully Social Work England registered
- Experience as a frontline social worker – with expertise in statutory child protection services and completion of Care Proceedings.
- Have knowledge and experience of working with Children with Disability and/or complex health needs.
- Have some experience of supervising or mentoring staff
Please contact me asap to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed.Alternatively, we are offering £250 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.
