This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
* Job Title: Advanced Practitioner
* Job Location: Gloucestershire
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Closing Date: 26/01/2025
* Job Requisition Number: 10664
* This post is open to job share
We are currently recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner to join our Turn Around for Children Service on a permanent basis.
Reward and Support
* Salary: between £46,731 - £49,764 per annum subject to experience
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
* 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
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
* An in-house Occupational Health service
* 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
About the team
The Turn Around for Children Service is a multi-agency, professional service which manages and delivers the Gloucestershire Family Drug & Alcohol Court. We support families who have addictions and co-morbidities which present as Hidden Harm for children. We work intensely, therapeutically, systematically and restoratively with trauma across whole families, most often generational trauma.
About the role
* You will have a small caseload – likely to be one family but have the capacity/flexibility to respond to caseload of the FDAC social workers.
* You will work closely with the Service Manager to develop and implement changes to the service alongside the Clinical Lead, Judge, National FDAC Unit and all other service members.
* You will implement any changes that are required by Gloucestershire Children's Services.
* You will undertake QA activity for the service, this is likely to be a multi-professional task.
* You will support the locality social workers, delivering monthly group supervision, joint work, guidance and QA of fortnightly reports.
* The role requires close integration of delivery with the other professionals in the service.
* The role requires a social worker who has excellent communication skills and who is able to communicate and develop relationships of respect with partner agencies including the 3rd sector.
* The role requires a social worker who can make honest, respectful and therapeutic relationships with families and is able to problem solve.
About you
* Experience as a qualified Social Worker.
* Preferably completed systemic training.
* Preferably have court experience.
* Experience of multi-agency and multi-professional work, especially to understand and respect the role and responsibilities of others.
* Organised and adaptable to work to tight deadlines independently and as a team.
* Comfortable with receiving and giving respectful challenge.
* A driving licence and willingness to travel.
* Social Work England registration.
How to apply
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Jane Marriott on Jane.Marriott@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Interviews for this vacancy will take place on Monday 3rd February.
Additional Information
This position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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