Advanced Practitioner - Locality Team

liquidpersonnel; Bradford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Job summary

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join the Locality Team in Bradford, with base at Sir Henry Mitchell House and Shipley Town Hall.

You will support the delivery of high-quality child protection services, mentor colleagues and lead on ASYE and student placements, under supervision of the Principal Social Worker and Team Manager.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Post-qualified experience within Children's Services.
• Experience working within Child Protection.
• Degree level or equivalent qualification in Social Work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Principal Social Worker to deliver high-quality services to children and families.
• Model good social work practice and provide mentoring and consultation to colleagues.
• Lead on supporting Newly Qualified Social Workers undertaking the ASYE programme.
• Support student social workers on placement and promote professional development.
• Provide reflective supervision, mentoring and formal assessment of ASYE and student social workers.
• Complete reports and attend panels to support workforce development.
• Support the Team Manager with managing team performance and standards of practice.

Education

Degree in Social Work (or equivalent)

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Advanced Practitioner to join our client's Locality Team in Bradford, with opportunities based at Sir Henry Mitchell House and Shipley Town Hall.

As an Advanced Practitioner within the Child Protection Team, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality services to children and families. Working closely with the Principal Social Worker and Team Manager, you will support workforce development by modelling best practice, providing mentoring and consultation, and helping to drive excellent outcomes across the service.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Collaborate closely with the Principal Social Worker to support the delivery of high-quality services to children and families.


• Model good social work practice and provide guidance, support, mentoring, and consultation to colleagues.


• Lead on supporting Newly Qualified Social Workers undertaking the ASYE programme.


• Support student social workers on placement, identifying learning opportunities and promoting professional development.


• Provide regular reflective supervision, mentoring, and formal assessment of ASYE and student social workers.


• Complete reports and attend relevant panels to support workforce development.


• Support the Team Manager with managing team performance and maintaining high standards of practice.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to influence and develop social work practice across the service.


• Supportive management team and professional development opportunities.


• Competitive rate of pay of up to £37 per hour.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Social Work England registration.


• Eligible to work in the UK.


• Post-qualified experience within Children's Services.


• Experience working within Child Protection.


• Degree level or equivalent qualification in Social Work.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service


• Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service, getting you paid more quickly


• Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies


• Free access to Liquid's exclusive social work training and CPD portal


• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge


• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK


• 'Refer a Friend' bonus - get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*


• 'Find your own job' bonus - get £250 for bringing your own position to us *


• Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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