Advanced Practitioner

Wigan Council; Wigan; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive rewards and benefits

Job summary

Wigan Council’s Family Safeguarding Service is recruiting an Advanced Practitioner to drive high-quality, relationship-based social work. You’ll work within a collaborative, multiagency environment in which lower caseloads and a stable management team support meaningful change for children and families.

This permanent role offers opportunities to progress, with paths to become a Practice Educator or Mentor, and the chance to contribute to development initiatives and leadership programmes.

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced social worker.
• Motivated by meaningful practice and ready for a new challenge.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, multiagency environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, relationship-based social work practice.
• Contribute to a collaborative, multiagency environment.
• Support a stable management team and lower caseloads to enable meaningful change for children and families.

Job description

Advanced Practitioner - Family Safeguarding

1 x Advanced Practitioner post available

Make a real impact in Wigan’s Family Safeguarding Service, where experienced social workers can thrive in a collaborative, multiagency environment focused on meaningful change for children and families. With lower caseloads and a permanent, stable management team, along with a 96% permanent workforce, you’ll have the space, support, and leadership you need to deliver highquality social work practice.

Why Wigan?

Our recent Ofsted inspection rated us Good with Outstanding features, recognising the strength of our practice and culture. They highlighted that our teams are:

"Highly positive about working in Wigan and value being part of the 'Wigan way'."

"Leaders have established a culture that combines high expectations with kindness and inclusion. Staff feel valued and supported, and highquality personal supervision promotes reflection and professional growth."

This is what you can look forward to:

• Over 96% permanent staff across Children's Social Care stability you can count on
• Permanent Team Managers who offer consistent direction and support
• Opportunities to become a Practice Educator or Mentor with additional pay
• A clear progression pathway
• Our Aspire to Lead programme for those ready to step into leadership
• A full month every year dedicated to professional development, delivered through two practice fortnights

About the Roles

Whether you are an experienced practitioner ready to step into our Advanced Practitioner role, or an established Advanced Practitioner wanting to join a highperforming, supportive service, you’ll play an integral role in delivering highquality, relationshipbased practice.

About You

Our children and young people have told us that they want social workers who are:

• Kind
• Thoughtful
• Responsible
• Flexible
• Able to prioritise them and spend time with them
• Committed to helping them be happy and safe

If you are a qualified and experienced social worker who is motivated by meaningful practice, ready for a new challenge, and excited by the opportunity to help shape innovative approaches, we’d love to hear from you.

About us:

We understand that for great Advanced Practitioners to stay with us we need to invest in your career, which is what we will do from day 1. Whether you are an experienced social worker or newly qualified we have a career pathway that will support you to achieve your aspirations.

Wigan Council has been voted 'Overall Council of the Year' at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

We are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits to find out more about working for TeamWigan.

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding