Advanced Practitioner - Edge of Care Service NEW Stockport Council Posted today Stockport £45,0[...]

Overview

MB4 (£45,091 - £51,356) 37 Hours, Full Time Permanent Hybrid - Stopford House and homeworking Application Deadline: 12 January 2026. Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Shortlisting Date: 15 January 2026 Interview Date: to be confirmed Interview Type: Face to face.

Your Role

The Edge of Care is an innovative, dynamic and creative service, that has a clear aim to safely prevent and reduce the number of children and young people from entering the care system in Stockport. With a workforce that has commitment to safely keep families together as a unit by strengthening, improving and re-building relationships. We are passionate about delivering ground-breaking solutions to promote sustainable change for our families, we encourage individuals to make informed choices about their own lives and involve them in all aspects of the work.

Working with the Edge of Care services as a Senior Practitioner you will be part of a wider resourceful team. Sharing a passion for providing young people with the best possible outcomes in life. You will be part of a service that is in the early stages of re-design. You will make the most of your social work and specialist experience by holding, directing and supporting a team of Intensive Support workers and taking a lead in the development of their practice. Within the role you will be having an oversight of all of the cases that are referred through Social Care. The Edge of Care Service keeps Children and Young People at the Heart of all their work, they listen, respond and value the families and communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to have a “Key Role” in combining direct practice alongside service and professional development. The Advanced practitioner will assist the Team Manager to deliver effective coordinated evidence-based support and interventions to young people and their families/carers to:

• Support and maintain the child in their family home, where without an intensive package of support, it is reasonable to expect a family breakdown.
• Support a child in their placement, where without an intensive package of support, it is reasonable to expect a placement breakdown.
• Enable a child who is already looked after to return home with the support of an edge of care intervention.

To work as part of a multi-agency team offering time-limited intensive interventions and parenting support to improve the outcomes of young people and their families, where universal and single agency targeted services have failed to achieve sustainable changes. Building effective relationships with young people, their families and key partners (especially Health, Schools, Children’s Centres and Housing) to ensure a fully integrated and holistic approach to ultimately provide a seamless service that empowers service users.

To provide flexible intensive support services for young people and their families in crisis where immediate support is required, planned work and maintenance support to meet children and their families holistic needs at the earliest point and at the times they require the support. The team operating hours will be between 8am and 8pm with the facility up to 10pm and sleep in seven days per week around the needs of the children and families which may change as their needs change. The hours will include working day time, out of hours including bank holidays, with at least 10% of hours working at weekends.

Key Responsibilities

• Work flexibly as part of a multi-agency team and under professional/clinical supervision and guidance to deliver time-limited packages of practical and emotional support from 4 weeks and for durations of up to 6 -12 months to young people at the edge of care and their families to build, maintain and repair relationships positively enabling them to remain or return home where it is safe to do so.
• To supervise the Intensive Support workers and hold a caseload.
• To allocate and co-ordinate the need for immediate support response and planned interventions to maintain young people with their families/discharge young people who have been accommodated in emergency circumstances or short-medium term with regular review and evaluation of progress.
• To deliver a flexible, responsive out of hours service of planned work to meet the needs of families.
• To work with young people exhibiting challenging and complex behaviour.
• Ensure young people’s wishes and feelings are central to the work and plan.
• Co-ordinate and contribute to delivery of a range of parenting groups and programs working closely with key partners.
• Work closely with the social work teams and other partners to contribute to assessments and supervised contact where required.
• To attend and contribute to a range of meetings including child protection conferences, LAC reviews, TAC meetings and planning and progress meetings, peer supervision etc.
• To provide reports when required.
• To undertake specific developmental work and contribute to the overall development of the team as agreed with the Team Manager.
• To assist the team manager to ensure that the team has effective management information systems in place to monitor performance.
• To keep abreast of new legislation and provide guidance, mentoring and support for staff in continuing professional development.
• To comply with all systems, financial, personnel, administrative, management information, client records etc., as directed by the Team Manager.

About You

Are you innovative, positive, dedicated and not afraid of change or challenge? Then help us to transform the lives and futures of children & young people on the “Edge of Care”? We are looking for an experienced Social worker to rise to the challenge of keeping children “Out Of Care”. With a reassuring presence, calm in a crisis and able to work with families in their homes, helping them make changes and stay together. You will need to be passionate about leadership and be a good role model whilst working with children, young people and their families.

About Us

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Wendy Delag at wendy.delag@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role. The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify. Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce. We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.