Advanced Social Work Practitioner - Family Safeguarding Team

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Grade 12 (£51,356 to £54,495 per annum, salary subject to experience)

This is an exciting and rewarding time to join Child Friendly Dudley in new Advanced Social Work Practitioner roles introduced across our social work teams. The roles build on our restorative practice model by redesigning our directorate and implementing the Family Safeguarding model to focus on children first.

Advanced Practitioners will be pivotal in establishing consistently excellent social work practice. You will hold a caseload of children needing skilled help and share expertise through modelling, coaching, reflective supervision, and learning activities.

You must be a registered social worker with significant experience working with children and families in a statutory social work setting. You need to demonstrate interventions in areas of poor practice, leading practice, and professional development of team members. Experience supporting others in social work or social care roles, including practice education of students or ASYE social workers, is required. You should be dynamic, driven to achieve strong outcomes, and skilled in providing support and challenge to colleagues and families to create change.

• A competitive salary package, including a career progression scheme
• A range of flexible working options, including flexitime and home-working, dependent on service requirements
• A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Bullying and Harassment and Dignity at Work policies

We invest in staff to develop personal and professional skills and progress in a Social Work Career. All new employees receive induction, training and development programmes, with opportunities to update skills and achieve potential. Training is available at all levels through the Centre for Professional Practice Service. We encourage continual professional development, with opportunities for external training, secondment and apprenticeships.

We aim to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can achieve a healthy work/life balance. We are serious about personal and professional development.