Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Cambridge; On-site; GBP 59,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking an Advanced Practitioner for the Safeguarding Team. This exciting full-time role involves supporting practice development, managing complex child protection cases, and assisting social workers with court work. You'll play a key role in implementing excellence across the organization, ensuring that services are child-focused and adaptable. Join a forward-thinking team committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and be part of a culture that values partnership and innovative practice. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and families.

Qualifications

• Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent is required.
• Good understanding of relevant legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support practice development focusing on court work and child protection.
• Assist social workers in managing court cases and developing skills.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Knowledge of Relevant Legislation

Court Work Experience

Education

Professional Social Work Qualification

Job description

Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding Team

Kingston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
CB23

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the Safeguarding Team to work full time for Achieving for Children, based in Kingston.

The salary for this permanent Advanced Practitioner job is up to £58,116 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. The post holder will support practice related development across our services based in Kingston and Richmond focusing primarily on court work.
2. They will be responsible for the development and implementation of excellence practice across the organisation, and specifically within the teams.
3. The post holder will have a more complex caseload of Child Protection, pre-proceedings and court cases.
4. The post holder will also be responsible for assisting social workers to develop experience and skills in managing court work.
5. They will be required to deputise for the Team Leaders where needed.
6. The role will require close links with the Head of Service, Case Progression Officer, Legal Department and senior leadership team to ensure that there is a joined up approach to practice development in this area.
7. The post holder will support social workers so that their practice is effective, meets regularly requirements, complies with statutory guidance, and learns from evidence-based interventions and innovative practice.
8. The postholder will support use of the Signs of Safety and Wellbeing framework across Social Care, and will support the framework with the use of direct tools for working with children and young people.
9. In all roles across AFC the post holders will be expected to develop and lead a culture of partnership and innovation, so that services are child focussed, flexible and adaptable.
10. The whole organisation should learn from mistakes, share knowledge and challenge existing practice.

Requirements:

1. A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Registered or eligible for registration.
4. Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

Contact:

This Advanced Practitioner job is advertised by Keir Turnbull; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.