Advanced Practitioner (Child & Family Social Worker) - Maternity Cover

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8 June 2022
Fixed Term
Full Time
12 months
Meadow House, Littleworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2TB
Children and Families
17 June 2022
£37,568 - £42,614 per annum

Do you have at least three years’ experience as a childcare social worker?  Are you looking for a new challenge, whilst also remaining a practising social worker?

This Advanced Practitioner role (Child and Family Social Worker) will be based within our Mansfield District Child Protection Team, focusing on complex work including pre-proceedings and care proceedings, and will be for a 12 month period, to cover Maternity Leave.  Successful candidates will be the allocated social worker for a limited number of children with complex family circumstances and under the direction of the Team Manager will co-work and provide support to Social Workers to increase their knowledge and skills in high quality assessment, analysis and risk management.  Advanced practitioners will have line manager responsibilities for a limited number of non-social work qualified staff and social work apprentices in the team and will support with reflective and group supervision for other social workers.

Strong links and a close working relationship will be developed with the Court Team leading to greater flexibility in the transfer of social work responsibilities providing opportunities where appropriate for social workers to increase their experience of court work and ensure consistency for families.  Joint development and training opportunities for all Advanced Practitioners (District and Children's Disability Team, Court Team and Social Work Practice Consultants) will be developed to ensure consistency of knowledge and links between the teams, including joint meetings and Advanced Practitioner service days.

If you wish to discuss or get further information, please contact Clare.Galley@nottscc.gov.uk via email

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

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