As an Advanced Practitioner working in the East child protection team, you will benefit from a strong supportive team culture centred around shared learning and reflective practice. You will have the opp ortunity to come alongside our Family Help colleagues as Dorset Children’s Services lead s the way with Pathfinder. You will join a friendly, dedicated, talented and passionate team of social workers, family worker, students and apprentices who value getting things right for children and who use a strengths based restorative approach. Their passion and commitment to children and families is reflected in the performance data which is consistently good. Supervision is a priority, givin g considerable focus and attention to ensur ing the wellbeing of colleagues while remaining focus ed on achieving positive outcomes for our children and their family. What you will be doing: You will be part of an experienced and committed management team. You will be instrumental in driving development across our newly formed Child Protection service as well as contributing to Pathfinder and Safeguarding Families together. You will lead on the team’s professional development, including learning circles, reflective practice sessions and group supervision w hile holding a small complex caseload. You will have a key role with our Social Work Apprentices and students, supporting their learning and professional development. You will serve as a vital link between the principal social worker and the wider team, ensuring effective communication and collaboration for the benefit of all. About you: If you are passionate about making a real impact on the lives of families in the East Locality community, developing professionally, supporting other s to develop and want to contribute to the development of practice more broadly a n internal application from you would be welcome d. You must have a Social Work qualification, be registered with Social Work England for more than three years, and able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post. If you have significant experience of working in statutory social care services, strong leadership skills and a great working knowledge of statutory legislation, we would like to hear from you. The post is based in the East, Ferndown Local office and offers flexible working arrangements subject to the needs of the service. Contact details: For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Catherine Philips via business support email address; [email protected] Further Information This is a full time role at 37 hours per week. This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed. This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant. About Us We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents have ambitious aspirations are excited about our future care about Dorset and all the people who live here know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to a range of employee benefits be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn. This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. 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