Children's Social work Advanced Practitioner

Remedy Recruitment Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

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Personal consultant

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Referral bonus

Weekly payrolls

Job summary

Leeds City Council is seeking an Children’s Social Work Advanced Practitioner to join a team handling assessments, CIN, CP, and care proceedings through permanence. The role emphasises restorative practice, family-led decision-making, and high-quality written work.

The post requires strong analytical skills, excellent relational work with children and families, and the ability to engage children directly. Driving is required; office-based with one home-working day on non-duty weeks.

Qualifications

• Excellent relational work with children and families.
• Good analytical assessment skills and high quality written work.
• Organisation skills and ability to meet competing demands.
• Ability to practice restoratively with child and family and promote family led decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead worker responsibilities alongside other social workers; no supervisory/line manager duties.
• Practice restoratively with children and families and promote family-led decisions to manage risk and meet support needs.
• Engage children through direct work and child-centred practice.
• Must be able to drive and have use of a car.
• 37 hours per week; office-based for duty with hybrid working negotiable (one WFH day).

Job description

Children's Social work Advanced Practitioner

Our client Leeds City council is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join their team consisting of Child and Family Assessments, CIN, CP, 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 restoratively 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.

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).

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.