Advanced Practitioner – Wigan – Fostering Team

4 days ago

Wigan, United Kingdom Liquid Personnel Full time

Job Title: Advanced Practitioner (Children)Location: WiganWorking Hours: HybridRate: £40 per hourLiquid Personnel are currently recruiting for an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join a dedicated team based in Wigan. Responsibilities: As an Advanced Practitioner, you will use your social work expertise to manage complex cases, mentor fellow social workers, and uphold the highest standards of practice. Your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children will drive your work every day. You will be managing support workers and/or social workers, deputizing for the Team Manager in their absence, and supporting and mentoring other social workers. Experience of working within a busy and fast-paced fostering team is essential, along with knowledge and experience of LADO and OFSTED procedures and notifications, and LA Stability panels. You will be supporting a small caseload of more complex foster carers, children, and young people, having sound knowledge of times when support needs to be increased. Providing fostering families with support, guidance, and advice, completing annual reviews and all associated paperwork within timescale, and participating in the duty rota (office-based, one week at a time) are key responsibilities. Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding and some experience of quality assurance are also required. Benefits of the role: Chance for those to progress if you are interested in management Flexible working – in the office on Thursdays Manageable caseload alongside The use of Liquid Logic IT system Opportunities for professional development and training Excellent rate of pay Supporting the development of other staff What we are looking for in a Qualified Social Worker:  Social Work England registration Eligible to work in the UK Hold a full UK license Post-qualified experience Degree level or equivalent in Social Work  How to Apply:  If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you Please submit your application through the Liquid Personnel website or get in touch with us for further information Why Liquid Personnel? We offer a ‘Faster Pay’ service to get you paid more quickly, along with twice weekly payroll and an internal ‘hours’ team. Enjoy our free DBS and compliance service, and gain access to a specialist consultant and exclusive roles not available from other agencies. Benefit from free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal, and work with your own dedicated consultant who has extensive social work knowledge. We provide access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK. Plus, take advantage of our “Refer a Friend” bonus, earning £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place, and our “Find your own job” bonus, earning £250 for bringing your own position to us. We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. BH – 182166 GH – 21870

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