Department: Children’s Services
Service: Initial Response Team
Post Title: Advanced Practitioner
Salary: £43,516 to £44,539 per annum
Post status: Permanent
We are seeking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic, and dedicated social worker who shares a passion in supporting the progression of others. The Advanced Practitioner role is ideal for a Social Worker looking to develop their skills and experience. You will receive support from a permanent Team Manager with regular supervision, numerous training opportunities and a commitment to your on-going professional development.
Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work using strength-based models of social work practice and motivational interviewing? If so we have an exciting opportunity here at Bury for you to join our dedicated Family Safeguarding Team.
We are the first authority within the Greater Manchester area to implement and pioneer Herefordshire's Family Safeguarding model. This is a fantastic opportunity to change the way we work with children and families in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for the children of Bury.
Within Family Safeguarding we use motivational interviewing and a multi-agency approach under the Family Safeguarding model, where Social Workers, Family Support Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Recovery Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, and Psychologists collaborate closely to address family issues efficiently, reducing the need for referrals to other agencies.
Social Workers based within Family Safeguarding support children and their families via Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, PLO pre-proceedings and Care Proceedings. We have 5 Family Safeguarding Teams which include five social workers, an advanced practitioner, a Team manager as well as our multi-agency practitioners. Our approach to supervision within Family Safeguarding is unique, as this takes place along with all involved Family Safeguarding practitioners. This ensures that supervisions are reflective and plans are responsive to the needs of our children and families.
You will have the opportunity to build trusting relationships with children and families. We know this supports positive and effective engagement which achieves better outcomes for children and prevents their needs from escalating.
To help us achieve our ambitions for children and families we are looking for dedicated, and compassionate practitioners who are child focused and committed to relationship-based social work to join us. You will be a qualified social worker, registered with SW England and have access to a car to enable you to visit and support our children and families.
We strive to provide a supportive and dynamic work environment for our employees with a strong focus on support, training and development and health and wellbeing.
We value that our staff are fully committed and often work above and beyond- we have seen that even more during the Pandemic. In return we offer a flexible approach to working including remote and home working and flexibility with working hours to allow you to meet your own family’s needs too.
We are small authority with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and we would love for you to come and join our Bury Family!
This is all part of Bury's big commitment in relation to their corporate strategy Let's Do It!
For an informal discussions please contact Halley Griffin,
Direct: 0161 2535023
Mobile: 07356107379
Or Sarah Holland, Practice Consultant,
s.holland@bury.gov.uk
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week, worked throughout the year.
Employee Benefits include:
Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).
Pay increases in line with your continued professional development.
Free parking where you work - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.
Opportunities to develop new and specialist skills.
Innovative training and development opportunities.
Supportive integrated teams and a friendly working environment.
Professional supervision to a high standard.
Local Government Pension Scheme.
A range of attractive work/life balance policies.
26 days annual leave (rising to 31 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days on top of that.
Employee discount scheme which provides discounts with local business within the borough as well as a cycle to work scheme and car lease scheme.
Employee Assistance Programme, to support you through difficult times, with things like free counselling, financial or legal advice.
It all adds up to an exciting package.
We’ve improved our interview process too - you’ll get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.
Come and join Team Bury
#TeamBury
We listen
We hold monthly Voice of the Workforce meetings where we discuss how we can resolve practice challenges and create better conditions for social work to thrive.
We encourage work-life balance
We want our Social Workers to have enough time to relax, spend time with family and friends, and feel good, so that they can do their best at work.
Further information
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
The Council is currently committed to supporting employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
The Council is committed to ‘Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore, the Council will guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/care leavers, Armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Please be aware that we are not carrying out international recruitment at present and are currently unable to support sponsorship visas.
For further information please see:
- Job description and person specification