Advanced Social Work Practitioner - East Child & Family Team in North East

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the East Child & Family Team to work full time for Bradford Children & Families Trust. The salary for this Advanced Practitioner job is up to £49,282 per annum.

Main duties:

• Working closely with the Principal Social Worker, be an Advanced Practitioner within the team and service area for the improvement and development of good quality practice for the benefit of children, young people, and their families by modelling standards through motivating, nurturing and mentoring of staff.
• Support less experienced Social Workers with the care proceedings process, including the quality assurance of reports and assessments for court, in conjunction with the court consultant.
• Support the Team Manager to understand performance in the team, providing feedback on strengths and areas of learning within the team, and offering support through reflection, training and additional resources to improve services for children and families.
• Undertake audit activity and moderation responsibilities, taking responsibility for disseminating learning from these audits within the team/service.
• Participate in practice development projects, working with colleagues, service users and stakeholders to deliver solutions to complex issues.
• Identify practice changes, resource implications and training required, feeding this back to the Principal Social Worker.
• Support the team in the absence of the Team Manager in conjunction with the Duty Team Manager for the service area.
• Lead on group reflective supervision with the team, undertake direct observations of practice and hold individual reflective practice discussions as per agreed policy and supervision procedures.
• Provide expert opinion within the organisation, developing expertise in one or more areas of practice and acting as a member of a professional or Service Planning Group.
• Work with the Principal Social Worker and the Practice Supervisor forum to drive identified practice improvement and new initiatives relating to social work.
• Liaise and promote positive relationships with colleagues, service users, partners and stakeholders, ensuring opportunities for co-production of resources and learning and development.
• Identify own development needs and participate in continuous professional development opportunities, including attendance at mandatory workshops and enhanced learning opportunities.
• Track the development and progression of team members to understand their training needs and ensure access to training and development opportunities.
• Promote the priorities and policies of the trust, acting as a champion for the team and Bradford.
• Actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion policies and practice.

Requirements of this Advanced Practitioner:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

This Advanced Practitioner job is advertised by Neil Clements; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their role. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. We will provide appropriate support throughout the process and into your work placement.