Children and Families Specialist
5 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Advanced Practitioner to join our Children and Families team. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality services to children and families in Gloucestershire.
Key Responsibilities- Take a lead in promoting and supporting quality control and improvement activities within the team and across the service.
- Provide supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and NQSW within the team.
- Work with complex and challenging cases, taking a relational approach to working with families and focusing on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive.
- A competitive salary of £45,441 - £48,474 per annum, subject to experience.
- Annual retention payment of £2,000 and welcome payment of £4,000.
- Flexible and agile working opportunities.
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service.
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff).
- Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family.
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees.
- An in-house Occupational Health service.
- Employee discount scheme.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network.
- Career development and qualification opportunities.
- Access to our Social Work Academy.
- Paid SWE registration renewal.
We are a local authority committed to creating the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children. We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to achieve this goal.
We are a relational organisation, adopting and training all colleagues in systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with us.
We have a strong set of values that underpin the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity and Respect. We are looking for resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children's Services a success.
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