Advanced Practitioner - Children in Care Long Term

Northamptonshire Children's Trust; Kettering; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's support organization in Kettering, England is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to manage complex cases and support continuous improvement in social care. This role involves analytical decision-making, supervision, and mentoring of social workers. The ideal candidate is a qualified social worker committed to delivering best practices for children and families. The organization offers extensive benefits including a recruitment welcome bonus and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

SWE Registration paid yearly

Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £4,000

Relocation costs of up to £8,000

28 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible and family working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with passion for supporting children and families.
• Ability to manage a small, complex caseload effectively.
• Skilled in providing mentoring and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver purposeful and effective social care.
• Organize group supervisions focusing on specific issues.
• Aid in continuous improvement of social work expertise.

Skills

Social care expertise

Supervision

Analytical decision making

Mentoring

Education

Qualified social worker

Job description

An Advanced Practitioner will hold a small, complex case load that will include high risk, high need looked after children. This will involve collaborative working with the children and young people, their families and partner agencies to achieve the best outcome possible.

This role will require you to have a strong desire to develop social work expertise to support the Children’s Trust with its improvement journey.

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
• Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £4,000
• Relocation costs of up to £8,000
• Retention bonus payments for established personnel
• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

What will you be doing?

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will be confident in your analysis and decision making to deliver purposeful and effective social care. You will be skilled in supervision, performance management and improvement techniques to ensure high quality of practice.

You will also organise regular group supervisions with social workers and family support workers focusing on specific issues where workers may be stuck or specific themes and issues workers come across with.

This role will require a candidate to have a strong desire to develop social work expertise to support the Children’s Trust with its continuous improvement journey.

We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Steve Tee "[e-mail]" and you can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.

About you

You will be a qualified social worker and have the commitment and passion to be at the forefront of delivering best practice and support to children and families we work with. You will be able to manage a small, complex and diverse caseload to the required standards.

You will be confident in your analysis and decision making to deliver purposeful and effective interventions and care planning. You will be skilled in offering mentoring, supervision, and quality assurance of various assessments and reports to ensure high quality and consistent practice.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.