Rochdale Family Support and Protection Service are looking for Advanced Practitioners.
Rochdale Family Support and Protection Service need enthusiastic and committed Advanced Practitioners to come with us on a really exciting journey to support our transition into a new way of working.
Advanced Practitioners are vital in our service and support our Social Workers and the Team Managers in the operational management of the team. Advanced Practitioners support us with the performance and quality of the service and this is a great opportunity to enhance and build management skills while continuing to work with children and families with a reduced caseload.
Rochdale is currently in an exciting transition into the family safeguarding model. To support us in this transition we need to establish multi-disciplinary teams where specialist practitioners are co-located with social workers under a unified management structure. This enables a multi-disciplinary whole family response through direct assessment. This is a really exciting time for Rochdale and we need Advanced Practitioners to support us in implementing this model.
In return for your commitment we can offer you the following:
- A manageable caseload of between 15 and 18 children - As the service develops and we get more workers, we aim to get caseloads to 17 for Social Workers and 10 for Advanced Practitioners to support you in engaging in real direct work with children and families
- Flexible working patterns to fit around your family and personal life
- Regular reflective supervision with experienced managers
- Access to our new and existing training opportunities which includes motivational interviewing
- A friendly modern and award winning working environment
- Excellent agile working arrangements
- A supportive and friendly team of Social Workers and Managers who love what they do!
Requirements of this role:
- Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
- Must have a Social Work qualification (Diploma in social work, social work degree or equivalent)
- Must have minimum of 5 years experience working as a Qualified social worker in a similar team
- Must be a car driver, with access to own vehicle.
Benefits of working through Reed, include:
- Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
- Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
- Free CV building and Interview support.
- Free DBS checks.
- Weekly payroll.
- PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
- CPD contributions.
- Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
- Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
Does this role interest you? Apply today!