Advanced Practitioner – Social Care Academy

About The Role

Job Title: Advanced Practitioner – Social Care Academy

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 29.6 (4 days per week)

Salary: HC10 £ 46,142 - £50,269 (plus £5,000 market forces supplement) pro rata

Welcome payment: £10,000 (see attached guidance)

Relocation package: up to £10,000 available

Closing date: 19/07/2026

We have a vacancy for an Advanced Practitioner to join our Social Care Academy. This is an exciting opportunity to join our developing team and contribute to creating a safe and supportive, yet challenging, learning environment for Herefordshire’s workforce. You will be supported by an established team with a strong commitment to relationship-based practice, flexible working and professional development.

As an Advanced Practitioner in the Social Care Academy, you will provide coaching, mentoring, training and support to social workers and alternatively qualified practitioners in addition to providing practice educator support to apprentices, student social workers, newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and practice educators in training. You will lead on areas of practice development and training within the wider service, and support with the implementation of our practice standards, quality assurance framework, professional values, policies and procedures.

We will support you to develop areas of expertise via training, learning from latest research and good practice, keeping apprised of current statutory guidance and legislation, and hearing from the experiences and feedback of children and families. You will be expected to share your learning experience with other practitioners and managers through such methods as in person or virtual training sessions, e‑learning modules, videos, podcasts, or any new ideas you create or have experienced.

We are looking for Social Workers who are:

• Passionate about safeguarding children and supporting families
• Skilled in assessment, planning, and delivering interventions
• Committed to working collaboratively, inclusively, and creatively
• Resilient, reflective, and confident in making difficult decisions
• Able to work effectively within a supportive team environment
• Registered with Social Work England and hold a recognised Social Work qualification (Degree/DipSW/CQSW)
• Have experience in Practice Education and hold Practice Educator Awards.

A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Salary range of £46,142 - £50,269 (pro rata) per annum
• Market rate supplement: £5,000 (pro rata) per annum
• Welcome Payment: £10,000 (see attached guidance)
• Retention payment: £2,000 - £4,000 depending on team.
• Relocation packages: support of up to £10,000
• Professional development: protected time and budget to develop yourself and your career
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum during the request period.
• Flexible working: including the potential for job‑sharing, part‑time hours and agile working.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees (based on role requirements)
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email e

If you’re shortlisted for interview and require any reasonable adjustments, our Children & Young People Recruitment Team will be happy to support you.

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme.
• Those who indicate in their application that they are an Armed…