Advanced Social Work Practitioner - Family Help

Community Care Live; Brierley Hill; Remote; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Care Live is seeking an Advanced Social Work Practitioner for the Family Help service in the Dudley area. You will coordinate assessments and co-ordinate plans for families, drawing on multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver consistent, high-quality support.

You will supervise, model practice, coach staff and contribute to the Centre for Professional Practice. Ideally you will hold the Practice Educator Award and be willing to work towards it, helping to raise standards across our

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with registration and child welfare experience.
• Experience in ASYE supervision or willingness to train.
• Ability to lead practice in children’s services.

Responsibilities

• Lead as the allocated social worker for high-need children, providing skilled intervention.
• Coach and mentor junior staff through reflective supervision.
• Collaborate with Centre for Professional Practice to sustain best outcomes.

Skills

Social work experience

Leadership/mentoring

ASYE supervision

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Advanced Social Work Practitioner - Family Help

• £53,051 to £56,293 (salary subject to experience)

• Permanent (full time)

• Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley

• Closing date: Friday 20 November 2026

Our Advanced Practitioners are pivotal to establishing consistently excellent social work practice in our teams.

Our Family Help service provides a whole family approach to support. Social workers and Family Help practitioners will co-ordinate the support offered to families drawing on the knowledge and skillset of experienced Child Practitioners; Drug and Alcohol practitioners’ Probation Officers; Domestic Abuse Workers, and Mental Health Practitioners.

We are based centrally at Cable Plaza, Dudley Waterfront but our Family Help service is a locality-based model. Teams working closely alongside Dudley’s 5 Family Hubs who provide early support to families through their links with our local partners. As the Family help service continues to develop, improved relationships between Family Help practitioners and our local partners will enable more families to be supported earlier when problems and difficulties are easier to address.

We believe our children and families deserve the consistency and stability in the support provided. Our service works with families who require a single assessment, a co-ordinated plan including child protection plans and we undertake pre-proceedings and care proceedings work. We recognise that strong permanency planning for our children is key to supporting family relationships and networks, even when it is not safe for children to remain within the care of a parent. Our kinship offer is developing and we working closely with our kinship team to secure creative and supportive plans for family networks.

Our service is a friendly and passionate service, always seeking to improve the best outcomes for our children and families. We offer a great opportunity to expand your skillset, knowledge, and confidence within front line help and safeguarding practice, supported by regular supervision, learning and development opportunities and a committed and supportive management team.

Our Advanced Practitioners are pivotal to establishing consistently excellent social work practice in our teams. You will be the allocated social worker for a small number our children needing the most skilled help whilst sharing your expertise with others through modelling, coaching, reflective supervision and other learning activities. You will support your team to improve the quality of performance and practice, support our ASYE social workers and work alongside our Centre for Professional Practice. Ideally you will possess the Practice Educator Award and be willing to work towards this. You will be able to demonstrate how you have led and supported practice in a children’s social work setting.