Senior Practitioner

Overview

Bury Council has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the Family Safeguarding Team to work full-time based in Bury, Greater Manchester.

Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £45,441 – £46,464 per annum

The Council is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the well-being of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees to uphold this dedication. Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check via the Disclosure and Barring Service at the appropriate level.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Children’s Social Worker looking to take on a leadership role within a multi-disciplinary, strengths-based safeguarding approach. The Family Safeguarding Model aims to keep children safely within their families by providing intensive, structured support to parents. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in supporting Social Workers, leading complex casework, and ensuring high standards of safeguarding practice.

• Provide a professional social work service to children in need, in need of protection, children in care and their families/carers in accordance with the principles of the Children Act.
• Provide specialist and expert advice in the context of particularly complex or challenging social care cases.
• Personally manage a complex and diverse caseload, ensuring children, families and/or carers receive support to meet their assessed needs.
• Lead and undertake assessments or interventions in complex and/or contentious cases.
• Work directly with challenging children, young people and vulnerable service users employing a wide range of social work knowledge, skills, methods and techniques.
• Process referrals and complete assessments in accordance with statutory requirements and departmental policies.
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of plans for children in need, child in need of protection, children in care, foster carers, adopters and family support.

• Degree in Social Work (e.g., CQSW, CSS, DipSW, or equivalent).
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Significant experience in relation to children and families.
• Experience in conducting research and generating detailed reports with actionable recommendations.
• Coaching or formal mentoring to individuals or teams (desirable).

We welcome applications from Social Work candidates who meet the requirements and offer a supportive, progressive, and community-focused environment. Bury Council is committed to equality and offers flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.

• Convenient Parking:
  Complimentary car parking pass
• Professional Fee Coverage:
  Reimbursement of Social Work England registration fees
• Educational
  
  Incentives:
  
  Reward up to £1000 upon successful completion of the Practice Educator program
• Training and Development:
  Access to extensive training programs
• Health and Fitness Benefits:
  Discounts on gym memberships and salary sacrifice schemes
• Leave Policy: 26 days of annual leave, increasing to 31 days after 5 years, plus extra days during Christmas and the option to purchase up to 10 more days
• Financial Security:
  Participation in a local government pension scheme

If you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the above requirements.