Advanced Social Worker

## Advanced Social Worker Apply locations:
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End Date: 7 August 2026 (23 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR0000780
** Number of Vacancies:
** 1
* * Time Type:
** Full time
** Worker Type:
** Regular
* * Proposed Interview Date:
** Wednesday, August 12, 2026
** Hours of Work:
** 37
* * Hiring Manager:
** Gaynor Skelton
** Contact Number:
*** Job Description

Summary:

** Are you an experienced Social Worker, if so there is an exciting opportunity to join Hull City Council. As part of the Children’s Social Care reform we have created additional Advanced Social Work positions across the Locality Safeguarding Teams, who don’t case hold. There is one position based in the West team. The post holder will be supervised by the Group Manager and provide additional support to the teams.
Hull Children's Services has recently achieved its strongest ever Ofsted judgement, being rated Good overall, with Outstanding judgements for the impact of leaders on social work practice and for the experiences and progress of care leavers. Inspectors recognised the significant progress made across the service, describing it as "safer, stronger and more consistent" for children and families.
Ofsted highlighted Hull's strong workforce culture, effective early help services, strong management oversight, and a commitment to ensuring children's voices are central to decision-making.
This is an exciting time to join Hull. We are a service with a clear vision, ambitious plans for the future, and a workforce committed to improving the lives of children, young people and families every day.
The retention and learning and development offers are well received.
All Advanced Social Workers benefit from having the cost of their Social Work England registration paid.
We would love to hear from passionate and motivated qualified Advanced Social Workers interested in joining us. All Advanced Social Workers benefit from training in Signs of Safety and excellent learning, development, and progression opportunities.
Why it's great to work for Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary of up to £48,226  
• Relocation Allowance for newly appointed staff moving from outside the area  
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)  
• Free Parking on most sites (City Centre sites – reduced price parking passes)  
• Laptops and mobile phones for all social workers  
• Generous annual leave allowance  
• Cycle to Work and car schemes  
• Pool Car availability  
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture  
• Great career development opportunities     For further information please do not hesitate to contact Gaynor Skelton or via email:
We provide a range of benefits to motivate, reward and recognise the valuable work of our employees.
ROLE AND PURPOSE  Advanced Social Workers are based in one of the following service areas:

• Locality based safeguarding teams  
• Permanence teams  
• Assessment teams    Advanced Social Worker are highly skilled and experienced Social Workers and the key purpose of the role is to deliver high quality social work practice which achieves the best possible outcomes (and progress) for children and young people in need of social work support, assessment and intervention.
Advanced Social Workers will demonstrate a high standard of systemic practice, providing support and co working with less experienced members of the team.
Importantly Advanced Social Workers will model and help others to develop key elements of Systemic practice including;

• A strengths and relationship based approach  
• Different perspectives and collaboration  
• Family & Goal orientated plans which are SMART  
• The value of systemic tools such as; genograms
** PRINCIPAL

ACCOUNTABILITIES :
** 1.
** Strategy
* * Advanced Social Workers will contribute to the overarching strategy and vision of the service, ensuring that practice demonstrates robust risk management arrangements. Practice will evidence a suitable focus on permanency and stability for children, through purposeful social work and other practice.

Advanced Social Workers will contribute to and engage with a wider context; team, service, directorate, council and…