Childrens Advanced Practitioner (Safeguarding)

TN United Kingdom; Bury; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established authority in the Greater Manchester area is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to join their Family Safeguarding Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated social worker to make a positive impact on the lives of children and families. The role involves using strength-based models and motivational interviewing to support families effectively. You will work in a collaborative environment with various professionals, ensuring the best outcomes for children. The council values professional development and offers a supportive work culture, flexible working arrangements, and numerous training opportunities. Join a community committed to making a real difference!

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Local government pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

27 days annual leave

Free parking

Employee discount scheme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker registered with SW England.
• Experience in child protection and family safeguarding is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support children and families via Child in Need and Protection Plans.
• Collaborate with multi-agency teams to address family issues.

Skills

Social Work

Motivational Interviewing

Strength-based Models

Child Protection

Multi-agency Collaboration

Education

Qualified Social Worker

SW England Registration

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Client:

Bury Council

Location:

Bury, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

01d97c2045eb

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Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

Family Safeguarding

Become an Advanced Practitioner for Bury and help with our ‘Let’s Do it for Children’ vision.

About the role

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic, and dedicated social worker who shares a passion in supporting the progression of others. The Advanced Practitioner role is ideal for a Social Worker looking to develop their skills and experience. You will receive support from a permanent Team Manager with regular supervision, numerous training opportunities, and a commitment to your ongoing professional development.
Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work using strength-based models of social work practice and motivational interviewing? If so we have an exciting opportunity here at Bury for you to join our dedicated Family Safeguarding Team.

We are the first authority within the Greater Manchester area to implement and pioneer Heartfordshire's Family Safeguarding model. This is a fantastic opportunity to change the way we work with children and families in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for the children of Bury.
Within Family Safeguarding we use motivational interviewing and a multi-agency approach under the Family Safeguarding model, where Social Workers, Family Support Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Recovery Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, and Psychologists collaborate closely to address family issues efficiently, reducing the need for referrals to other agencies.

Social Workers based within Family Safeguarding support children and their families via Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, PLO pre-proceedings, and Care Proceedings. We have 5 Family Safeguarding Teams which include five social workers, an advanced practitioner, a Team manager as well as our multi-agency practitioners. Our approach to supervision within Family Safeguarding is unique, as this takes place along with all involved Family Safeguarding practitioners. This ensures that supervisions are reflective and plans are responsive to the needs of our children and families.

You will have the opportunity to build trusting relationships with children and families. We know this supports positive and effective engagement which achieves better outcomes for children and prevents their needs from escalating.
To help us achieve our ambitions for children and families we are looking for dedicated and compassionate practitioners who are child-focused and committed to relationship-based social work to join us. You will be a qualified social worker, registered with SW England, and have access to a car to enable you to visit and support our children and families.
We strive to provide a supportive and dynamic work environment for our employees with a strong focus on support, training, development, and health and wellbeing.

We value that our staff are fully committed and often work above and beyond- we have seen that even more during the Pandemic. In return, we offer a flexible approach to working including remote and home working and flexibility with working hours to allow you to meet your own family’s needs too.
We are a small authority with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and we would love for you to come and join our Bury Family!
This is all part of Bury's big commitment in relation to their corporate strategy Let's Do It!
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care-experienced young people, promotes their life chances, empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensures they grow up in the best possible way.

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognizes, values, and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities, and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans), and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Specific Benefits for Social Workers
At Bury Council, we're not just a workplace we're a close-knit community committed to empowering both our residents and our employees. As part of our team, you will enjoy a supportive and rewarding environment where your professional growth is nurtured and celebrated.

• 37-hour full-time working week with a range of opportunities to work flexibly which we are happy to discuss.
• Pay increases in line with your continued professional development and opportunity to earn more through taking on additional responsibilities such as Practice Educators and Advanced Mental Health Practitioners.
• Focused Investment on Values and Behaviours through Our ‘Let’s Do It Strategy’ to maximize Organisational and Community Engagement.
• Nurturing training programmes available, including Aspiring Managers Programme and accredited Best Interests Assessor training and opportunities to develop new and specialist skills.
• Highly competitive local government pension scheme.
• Greater Manchester Combined Authority continuous service commitment.
• A range of flexible and adaptable working initiatives to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).
• Free parking where you work - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.
• Supportive integrated teams and a friendly working environment, working within the exciting Family Safeguarding model of practice.
• Professional supervision to a high standard.
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days on top of that.
• Employee discount scheme which provides discounts with local businesses within the borough as well as a cycle to work scheme, car lease scheme, and chance to purchase a range of goods with the costs taken from your salary over up to 2 years.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to support you through challenging times, with things like free counselling, financial or legal advice.
• Refer a Friend Scheme where we offer you £150 for the successful completion of your friend’s probation period.

Next steps

Come and join Team Bury!

If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the role please contact Halley Griffin, Head of Service, on 0161 253 5023 or [emailprotected].

We’ve improved our interview process too - Shortlisting and interviews will be carried out on a weekly basis, so you’ll get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.

Please be aware that we are not carrying out international recruitment at present and are currently unable to support sponsorship visas.