Could you be part of our Children's Workforce Development service putting children and families at the heart of everything we do?
We are ambitious for our children, young people and families, and we have high expectations for our workforce. We are developing and expanding our Workforce Development service and the Practice Educator and Development Lead Officer role will contribute to creating the conditions for social work to thrive and take a lead role for practice development.
Our Offer
Salary: 43,693
What else can you expect?
* Continuous Professional Development opportunities
* Regular individual and reflective supervision
* A relational approach in all aspects of practice
* Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people's lives
* A workplace culture that supports flexible working and the opportunity to work from home as well as a highly supportive team and working environment
Your Role
We are seeking a qualified Social Worker who is passionate about the professional development of our Children's Social Care Workforce.
As a Practice Educator and Development Lead Officer in North East Lincolnshire Council's Children's Services, you will work as part of a team and contribute to the development and delivery of the Children's Services Workforce Strategy and take a lead role in co-ordinating practice educators across the scope of children's social care.
You will take a lead role in managing the practice educator functions to ensure good quality placements for social work students, including responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and supporting practice educators across children's social care, whilst acting as a point of contact and additional practice education resource.
Working collaboratively, you will take a lead role in managing the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment scheme and be responsible for supporting consistent standards and learning.
You will be part of the Workforce Development service whose work is highly valued and supported by skilled, knowledgeable and caring leaders and managers. We would welcome applications from individuals who are child centred and enabling, who are ambitious for themselves, and the wider workforce through being relational, strengths based and quality driven in their approach to support, develop and improve practice so that it makes a difference for children and families.
Please note: In order to be considered for this role, you must be Social work qualified and registered with Social Work England and able to provide evidence of continuous professional development.
For more information, please refer to the role profile or email:
Julie Bettany, Children's Workforce Lead
* Julie.bettany@nelincs.gov.uk
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
Do you need support?
If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
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