Advanced Practitioner - Children's Services
Location: Middlesbrough
Pay Rate: £34.45 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract Type: Full-time (37 hours per week), Ongoing locum contract
Working Model: Hybrid (Office-based in Middlesbrough with flexible working and home visits)
Job Purpose
Middlesbrough Children's Services is seeking an exceptional, highly experienced Advanced Practitioner to join a statutory Children & Families service.
In this senior, specialist practice role, you will act as an exemplar of high-quality social work practice, holding a small caseload of complex, high-risk statutory cases while driving practice standards across the team. Working alongside Team Managers, you will provide clinical coaching, practice mentoring, and reflective support to team members, helping to cultivate a culture of continuous learning, strengths-based intervention, and child-centered care.
Key Responsibilities & Main Duties
Complex Case Management: Hold responsibility for a small, highly complex caseload involving high-risk safeguarding, court proceedings (PLO/Care Proceedings), and intricate family dynamics requiring specialist expertise.
Practice Leadership & Coaching: Provide model social work practice, peer coaching, and reflective guidance to newly qualified (ASYE) and experienced Social Workers to drive up overall quality standards.
Quality Assurance & Audit: Lead on practice development initiatives, conducting case audits, identifying training needs, and supporting the implementation of best-practice frameworks across the service.
Complex Court & Decision-Making: Draft robust, high-level evidence and court reports for complex legal proceedings; represent the local authority in Family Court hearings as a specialist witness when required.
Multi-Agency Leadership: Chair high-level multi-agency strategy discussions, complex core groups, and risk management panels, ensuring multi-agency partners adhere to statutory safeguarding frameworks.
Deputising & Supervision: Support the Team Manager by co-...
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