Disabled Childrens Advance Practitioner Gloucestershire

Hoop Recruitment LTD; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to join their Disabled Children and Young Persons team. This pivotal role involves supporting children and young people with disabilities, ensuring they receive tailored services that enhance their life chances. As part of a dynamic team, you will lead efforts in quality control and improvement, while also mentoring Trainee Social Workers. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community during a period of transformation and growth. If you are a resilient and driven social worker looking to contribute to positive change, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration is essential for this role.
• Experience at Senior Social Worker level is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver first-class service to improve outcomes for disabled children.
• Provide supervision and management oversight for Trainee Social Workers.

Skills

Social Work

Supervision

Quality Control

Resilience

Communication

Education

Recognised qualification in Social Work

Completed ASYE year

Job description

Advanced Practitioner - Disabled Children

We are currently recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner to join our Disabled Childrens & Young Persons team to join Gloucestershire Councils Disabled Childrens Service. The Disabled Children and Young Persons Social Work Team supports children and young people who are aged 0-18 years old with significant needs arising from their disability. The team aims to ensure that disabled children and their families have access to a needs-led service that promotes resilience, co-production, and improves children’s life chances. To do this, the team will work with partners to make sure that every child has an accurate assessment of need, with a plan that sets out how support will be delivered, aiming to improve outcomes. This is an exciting time to join the team as we head into a transformation and expansion of the teams.

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service which will provide the best outcomes for the children and young people of Gloucestershire. You will be a resilient, driven individual who can play your part in making our vision for children’s services a reality. Taking on a protected case load, you will work to create the best outcomes for children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks, and circumstances.

You will take a lead in promoting and supporting quality control and improvement activities within the team and across the service and support performance activities. Your role will also include providing supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and NQSW within the team.

As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

1. Social Work England registration
2. Experience at Senior Social Worker level
3. A recognised qualification in Social Work
4. To have completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012)
5. A full driving licence and willingness to drive
6. Enhanced DBS clearance