Advanced Practitioner

Peterborough City Council; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in Peterborough is offering an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner within Children’s Services. This role is crucial for enhancing outcomes and driving service excellence. The ideal candidate will have substantial social work experience, lead complex casework, and foster professional development among early career practitioners. Offering a fixed contract, the position also comes with generous benefits including 25 days of leave and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays

Sick pay

Local government pension scheme

Employee Benefits Platform

Paid volunteering hours

Development opportunities including apprenticeships

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Excited about professional development and nurturing early career practitioners.
• Committed to relational and strengths-based approaches in social work.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex casework and contribute to the transformation of children's social care.
• Research, design, and deliver practice development opportunities.
• Mentor training systems and collaborate with various teams.

Skills

Qualified social worker

Skilled in supervision

Reflective practice

Group facilitation

Relational approaches

Education

Post-qualification experience

Job description

All about the Role

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join us as an Advanced Practitioner within Children’s Services. This role is central to driving forward service excellence, embedding strengths-based practice, and enhancing outcomes for children across Peterborough. It provides a unique opportunity to lead complex casework and contribute to the transformation of children’s social care through innovation and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities of the role

• Research, design and deliver practice development opportunities across the service and partnership.
• To work independently, develop and deliver a strategy addressing key areas of practice improvement
• Be responsible for regular monitoring analysis
• Develop and mentor training systems and ways of working
• Contribute to the planning and development of the ASYE programme.
• Work collaboratively within the Centre for Professional Excellence to foster a learning culture.
• Facilitate and co-deliver learning workshops and development sessions.
• To work with the Policies and Procedures Officer to deliver training sessions to socialise and embed new and refreshed policies and procedures.

This is an initial 6-month fixed term contract position

All about our Team

Be part of a dynamic and supportive team dedicated to developing the next generation of social workers. You'll be working in an environment that values learning, reflection, and relational practice-where good social workers can truly flourish.

All about You

• A qualified social worker with substantial post-qualification.
• Excited about professional development and nurturing early career practitioners.
• Skilled in supervision, reflective practice, and group facilitation.
• Committed to relational and strengths-based approaches in social work.

Please note the salary quoted is the annual figure and the salary will be adjusted on a pro‑rata basis to reflect the contract length

All about our Benefits

We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme.

• Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
• Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro‑rata)
• Access to car lease scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards

All about our Commitments

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact [e-mail] we will work with you to meet your needs.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.