🌟 Child & Family Advanced Practitioner
📍 Location: Stroud
🕘 Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
💷 Pay: Up to £42.00 per hour (Umbrella)
About the Role:
We're looking for an experienced Social Worker to join our Children and Families Team in Stroud as an Advanced Practitioner. This is a vital role where you will play a key part in delivering a first-class service to improve the lives and futures of children and young people across Gloucestershire.
Your Responsibilities:
✅ Manage a protected caseload of children and young people with complex and challenging needs, risks, and circumstances
✅ Lead and support quality control and service improvement initiatives within the team and across the wider service
✅ Drive performance activities to ensure high standards of social work practice and service delivery
✅ Work within a hybrid model - conduct visits and provide duty service in the office, complete administrative tasks from home
✅ Ensure all children are seen face-to-face unless COVID confirmed, prioritising direct contact and engagement
✅ Be office-based more during the initial period to help build strong team cohesion and provide stability
✅ Use provided laptop and smartphone to work efficiently and stay connected
What We're Looking For:
🎓 Qualified and experienced Social Worker with a passion for children's services
💪 Resilient and driven with the ability to manage complex cases confidently
🔍 Strong commitment to quality assurance and continuous improvement
🤝 Excellent leadership, communication, and teamwork skills
🏠 Comfortable and flexible with hybrid working arrangements to support both the team and service needs
Why Join Us?
🌟 Competitive pay rate up to £42.00/hr via umbrella
🌟 Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 - great for work-life balance
🌟 Hybrid working to promote flexibility and wellbeing
🌟 Opportunity to influence and improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people
🌟 Modern tech provided to support smart and effective working
What happens now?
If you're passionate about making a real difference and meet the qualifications outlined above, we would love to hear from you! Apply on below post
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We look forward to hearing from you!
