Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding Service ATM

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 caseload, you will work to create the best outcomes for children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks, and circumstances.

Main Responsibilities

• Safeguarding: Ensure the safety and well-being of children and young people by assessing and managing risk and taking decisive actions to protect them from harm.

• Crisis Intervention: Respond promptly and effectively to safeguarding concerns, providing immediate support and intervention to children and families in crisis.

• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work closely with other agencies, such as health, education, and law enforcement, to coordinate comprehensive safeguarding plans.

• Quality Assurance: Lead and support quality control and improvement activities within the team, ensuring high standards of safeguarding practice.

• Case Management: Manage a protected caseload of children and young people with high-risk factors, ensuring that all interventions are timely, effective, and child-centred.

• Supervision and Mentorship: Provide supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) within the team.

• Policy Implementation: Ensure adherence to statutory requirements and local safeguarding policies and procedures, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of best practices in child protection.

• Social Work England registration

• Experience at Senior Social Worker level

• A recognised qualification in Social Work and registration with SWE/HCPC

• A full driving licence and willingness to drive

• Enhanced DBS clearance, * Hold a valid SWE / HCPC

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Salary between £45,441 – £48,474 per annum, subject to experience

• Annual retention payment of £2,000

• Flexible and agile working opportunities

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

• Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)

• Family-friendly policies and benefits to support you and your family

• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering free, confidential counselling and advice, available 24/7

• In-house Occupational Health service

• Employee discount scheme

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network

• Career development and qualification opportunities

• Access to our Social Work Academy

• Paid Social Work England registration renewal*

Our Vision

"Right child, right support, right time, every time"

Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.

We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

Our team structures are designed to ensure there is the right level of support available to staff and that caseloads are kept at a manageable level with a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, 4 Social Workers and an ASYE making up each team’s full complement of staff. We need resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children’s Services a success.

You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpin the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity, and Respect.

If you are ready to make a significant impact on the lives of children and young people, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and join our dedicated team in making a real difference.

Or for more information, Please contact Callum Patt at Ackerman Pierce recruitment agency on