Gloucestershire County Council are recruiting for a Permanent Advanced Practitioner to join their Children & Families teams. This is an exciting opportunity for Senior Social Workers looking for the next step up in their career or Advanced Practitioners looking to join a nurturing and supportive council.

+ £4,000 welcome payment and an annual retention payment of £2,000.

Hours: Full Time (36 hours)

Contract Type: Permanent

About the Role

The key responsibilities for this role include working in collaboration and alongside the Team Manager, to:

Be the allocated Advanced Social Work Practitioner for a protected caseload of up to 8 children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks and circumstances
Provide supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and Newly Qualified Social Workers in their first Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) within the team
Take a lead in promoting, supporting and addressing quality control, assurance and improvement activities within the team and across the service in accordance with the Accelerated Improvement Plan and other associated plans
Take a lead in promoting, supporting and addressing performance activities within the team and across the service in accordance with the Accelerated Improvement Plan and other associated plans

Responsibilities and duties:

Demonstrate exemplary social work practice in accordance with Social Work England's professional standards to promote and the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in need of support, protection and care.
Ensure that all social work activity is compliant with statutory guidance, legislation and GCC policies and procedures.
Deliver consistently good and effective social work practice to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families through evidenced based practice which is consistent with the Essentials Programmes and Practice Fundamentals.
Manage a protected caseload of up to 8 children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks and circumstances.
Undertake direct work with children, young people and their parents/carers and families to explore concerns, build resilience and understanding to deliver improved outcomes.
Risk assess and review plans to build on identified strengths and address the risk of significant harm to achieve and maintain long term safety and wellbeing for children and young people

Experience:

Demonstrable experience of children and families statutory social work.
Supervisory and mentoring, coaching or training experience.
Proven track record of effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Experience of creating a learning culture and environment.
Experience of chairing meetings and attending court.

Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000) for successful candidates relocating from overseas or the outer southeast area

As well as your experience as a front line social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

Social Work England registration
Evidence of continuous professional development
Practice educator qualification (or working towards)
A full driving licence and willingness to drive
Enhanced DBS clearance

If you would like to apply for this role please email your CV to or call