Our client, Stockport Council, is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to join their Locality Team.
Fantastic payrate of £35 per hour!
Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
Responsibilities of this role:
- Lead on complex child protection, safeguarding, and court proceedings, ensuring timely and effective interventions in line with statutory responsibilities.
- Provide professional supervision, mentoring, and reflective practice sessions for social workers, including support for those completing the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).
- Champion systemic and relational practice approaches, supporting families to achieve sustainable change through strength-based interventions.
- Facilitate multi-agency collaboration and chair strategy meetings to ensure coordinated and child-focused planning.
- Support the operational delivery of the team by holding a reduced caseload and offering expert guidance on high-risk and high-complexity cases.
- Contribute to service development through quality assurance audits, thematic reviews, and implementation of best practice models.
- Act as a practice lead in embedding the local authority’s vision of “right child, right support, right time, every time.”
- Ensure compliance with the Children Act 1989, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, and other relevant legislation and statutory guidance.
Requirements of this role:
- Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
- Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying social work experience
Benefits of working through Reed, include:
- Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
- Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
- Free CV building and Interview support.
- Free DBS checks.
- Weekly payroll.
- PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
- CPD contributions.
- Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
- Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
Does this role interest you? Apply today!