Locality Safeguarding & Assessment Advanced Practitioner

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63Job Description:A Local Authority is looking for a Locality Safeguarding & Assessment Advanced Practitioner to join their team.
 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. You will be a resilient, driven individual who can play your part in making their 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.

Benefits for you as the Social Worker:

• Generous welcome payment, plus an annual retention payment
• Amazing relocation package (T&C apply)
• Flexible working opportunities
• Manageable caseloads
• Generous annual leave with added days after 5 years continuous service
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• Supportive and positive working culture with regular supervision
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Paid SWE registration renewal

 
Responsibilities of you as a Social Worker:

• Be the allocated Advanced Social Work Practitioner for a protected caseload of up to 8 children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks and circumstances.
• Provide supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and Newly Qualified Social Workers in their first Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) within the team
• Take a lead in promoting, supporting and addressing quality control, assurance and improvement activities within the team and across the service in accordance with the Accelerated Improvement Plan and other associated plans
• Provide support and protection for children and young people in need and at risk.
• To manage and prioritise the workload, carry out duties using accountable professional judgement.
• To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of work, using professional and managerial supervision and support to improve practice.

 
Requirements of you as the Social Worker:

• Social Work England registration
• A recognised qualification in Social Work
• Completed Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
• A full UK driving licence
• DBS clearance
• Authority to work in the UK

 
Location: Southwest (M5 corridor)
Salary scale: £45,441 – £48,474 dependent on experience
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Location: South West, South West England