Children's Advanced Practitioner

Remedy Social Work; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds City Council is seeking an experienced Children\'s Advanced Practitioner to join the Child and Family Assessments team in Leeds. You will manage complex caseloads across CAFs, CIN, CP and care proceedings, delivering restorative practice and family-led risk management.

The role requires strong written work, excellent relational skills with children and families, and the ability to work within a busy team while promoting a learning culture. A driving licence is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker.
• Experience with Child and Family Assessments, CIN, CP and care proceedings.
• Ability to practice restorative with families and promote family-led decisions.
• Excellent relational work with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload including Child and Family Assessments, CIN, CP, and care proceedings.
• Lead worker responsibilities with colleagues; no supervisory/line management duties.
• Work in a busy, supportive team and share knowledge to promote learning.
• Engage children through direct work and child-centred practice.

Skills

Relational work

Direct work with children

Analytical assessment

Written work

Education

Social work qualification

Job description

Our client Leeds City Council is looking for a Children's Advanced Practitioner to join their Child and Family Assessments team.

We are looking for an experienced social worker who is able to manage a caseload comprising of Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, Child Protection, Child Care Proceedings until permanence. This caseload will have a level of complexity and lead worker responsibilities working alongside other social workers, it will not have supervisory / line manager responsibilities. Social workers should be able to practice restorative with child and families and promote family led decisions to manage risk and meet support needs.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent relational work with children and families and be able to engage children through direct work and child centred practice.

Organisation skills and ability to meet competing demands are required to ensure practice standards, good quality and practice and performance.

The post requires workers to have good analytical assessment skills and with high quality written work.

Social workers will need to work as part of a busy but supportive team and share their knowledge and skills to promote the learning culture.

Applicants must be able to drive and have use of a car.

37 hours per week 8.30 - 5pm.

Must be office based for duty but hybrid working is negotiable dependant on the needs of the team (due to the relational approach of the organisation, it is envisaged this will be office based on duty weeks and one WFH home day/compressed hours on non-duty).

Must have a clean DBS