Advanced Social Care Practitioner - Yate

As an Advanced Social Care Practitioner (Social Work), you will join the Adult Social Care Review team, supporting adults to maintain independence, safety and wellbeing within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment. You will play a key role in reviewing care and support arrangements, ensuring plans remain outcome-focused, proportionate and compliant, while promoting choice and control for the people we support. The team's core purpose is to deliver high-quality statutory reviews that improve outcomes for people with care and support needs.

You will deliver statutory adult social work using a strengths-based and person-centred approach. In collaboration with a wide range of partners, you will ensure individuals receive the appropriate support from the right provider, enabling them to live as independently as possible. The team works across defined service areas to ensure care and support remain appropriate, effective, lawful and aligned with best value, underpinned by professional judgement and defensible decision-making.

What you will be doing:

• Manage a caseload, ensuring timely, quality reviews, needs assessments and support planning.
• Review and adapt care and support plans to ensure they are strengths-based, proportionate, outcome-focused and promote independence, wellbeing and choice.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across commissioning, health, housing and the voluntary sector.
• Manage risk and complexity appropriately, recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns in line with policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential records.

What we need from you:

• Hold an NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) in health, social care or a related field.
• At least two years relevant experience in a statutory or voluntary health or social care setting, with a sound understanding of relevant legislation, policies and procedures, including safeguarding.
• Ability to gather information, contribute to assessments and complete high-quality reviews.
• Commit to person-centred, values-based practice, aligned with strengths-based and proportionate approaches.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and engage confidently with adults with varying needs.

What you need to know:

• Expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area; must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.
• Business insurance will need to be added to your insurance policy.
• Can claim back mileage expenses.
• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required.
• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Badminton Road, working from home and working within the community.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:

• Generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and access to a range of staff discounts.
• Welcoming applications from everyone and ensuring individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
• Support for developing a specialism aligned with your areas of expertise.
• Strong team ethos with manageable caseloads and effective supervision.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here. We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of. We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life. We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential. We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. Be part of it!