Advanced Practitioner

Remedy Social Work; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Council is seeking an Advanced Practitioner in the Children's Locality service. Based at Deacon House, LS14, with free parking.

You will manage a caseload including Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, and Child Protection, up to permanence, and work with other social workers without line management duties. You should practice restoratively with children and families, promote family-led decisions to manage risk and meet support needs, and engage children through direct work and

Qualifications

• Experienced social worker capable of managing a caseload.
• Ability to practice restoratively with children and families and promote family-led decisions.
• Strong analytical assessment skills and high-quality written work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload including Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, Child Protection and permanence planning.
• Lead worker responsibilities alongside other social workers with no supervisory duties.
• Practice restoratively with children and families and promote family-led decisions to manage risk.
• Engage children through direct work and child-centred practice.
• Ensure good organisation, quality written work and performance.
• Work as part of a busy but supportive team and share knowledge to promote learning.
• Drive and have use of a car; office-based for duty with negotiable hybrid working.
• 37 hours per week, 8.30 - 5pm.

Skills

Caseload management

Restorative practice

Analytical assessment

Written communication

Job description

Advanced Practitioner

Our client, Leeds Council is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join their Children's Locality service.

Based in Deacon House, LS14, free parking available.

We are looking for an experienced social worker who is able to manage a caseload comprising of Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, Child Protection, Child Care Proceedings until permanence. This caseload will have a level of complexity and lead worker responsibilities working alongside other social workers, it will not have supervisory / line manager responsibilities. Social workers should be able to practice restoratively with child and families and promote family led decisions to manage risk and meet support needs.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent relational work with children and families and be able to engage children through direct work and child centred practice.

Organisation skills and ability to meet competing demands are required to ensure practice standards, good quality and practice and performance.

The post requires workers to have good analytical assessment skills and with high quality written work.

Social workers will need to work as part of a busy but supportive team and share their knowledge and skills to promote the learning culture.

Applicants must be able to drive and have use of a car.

37 hours per week 8.30 - 5pm.

Must be office based for duty but hybrid working is negotiable dependant on the needs of the team (due to the relational approach of the organisation, it is envisaged this will be office based on duty weeks and one WFH home day/compressed hours on non-duty).

Must have a clean DBS.

Remedy Social Care is an APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.