Social Work Practice Development Officer

Bury Council; Radcliffe; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Bury Council is seeking a dedicated worker to support the Principal Social Work Team in entering, progressing and developing social workers, mainly with students, apprentices and newly qualified social workers. The role also mentors ASYE participants and coordinates practice placements while supporting Practice Educators.

The post involves representing the department at local, regional and national levels within the Social Care workforce and contributing to higher standards of social work

Responsibilities

• Support PSW Team manager with Social Work entry, progression and development for students, apprentices and NQSWs
• Mentor ASYE social work learners and SW Apprenticeship participants
• Coordinate practice placements and support Practice Educators completing professional standards
• Represent the department/ council in local, regional and national Social Care workforce activities
• Contribute to raising the quality of Social Work practice across health and adult social care

Skills

Mentoring

Coaching

Communication

Organisational skills

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About the role

• To support the Principal Social Work (PSW) Team manager to deliver the Council’s responsibilities in relation to Social Work entry, progression and development working mainly with Social Work (SW) Students /SW Apprenticeships /Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW’s) and Practice Educators (PE’s)
• To Mentor all social work learners completing the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for NQSWs and the SW Apprenticeship programme.
• To coordinate practice placement opportunities and support the development of Practice Educators especially those completing the Practice Educator professional standards.
• To represent the department and Council at a local, regional, and national level in relation to the Social Care workforce.
• To raise the quality of Social Work practice across health and adult social care.

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.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

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 ensure they grow up in the best possible way.

Benefits of working for Bury Council

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 recognises 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.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

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