Advanced Practitioner

Remedy Recruitment Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal consultant

Referral bonus up to £250 per placed

Double payrolls each week

APSCo Standard agency

Job summary

Remedy Recruitment Group is assisting Leeds Council in appointing an Advanced Practitioner for the Children's Locality service in Leeds. Based at Deacon House, LS14, with free parking and a hybrid working approach negotiable depending on team needs.

The role involves managing a substantial caseload across Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, and Child Protection, including complex cases up to permanence.

Qualifications

• Must be registered social worker with experience in childrens services.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex cases including Child in Need and Child Protection.
• Excellent written and analytical assessment skills.
• Ability to practice restoratively with families and promote family-led decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload including Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, and Child Protection.
• Lead worker responsibilities alongside other social workers, with no supervisory duties.
• Promote family-led decisions to manage risks and meet support needs.
• Work in a busy but supportive team and share knowledge to promote learning.
• Engage children through direct work and child-centred practice.

Skills

Caseload management

Child protection experience

Relational practice

Written communication

Analytical assessment

Job description

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.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a 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.