Job Description

Advanced Practitioner - Children\'s Social Care
Location: Various around Devon
Pay Rate: \xc2\xa346 per hour + expenses package**
Contract: Temporary, 37 hours per week

We have a number of vacancies for Advanced Social Workers to join various Children\'s Social Care teams around Devon on a locum basis.

Working as an Advanced Social Worker you will work closely with your Team Manager, you will provide professional leadership and supervision to colleagues within your team, supporting your manager with the day-to-day operations and contributing to an effective and efficient service to the Children & Families teams around the county.

This is a hands-on role, where you have a smaller caseload, working with children and families with a complexity of needs (including undertaking in-depth assessments) and where, through supervision and mentoring, you will share your knowledge and experience with colleagues and students to continually improve practice standards within your team.

You will champion high standards of professional social work practice, by encouraging and supporting opportunities for reflection and learning and delivering on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to unqualified/alternatively qualified staff, students and less experienced social workers.

About you;
Advanced Social Workers provide a lead social work role within each team, supporting the development of good evidence-based practice. With substantial post-qualifying experience and the ability to demonstrate that you\'re working at the Experienced Social Worker level, you will:

• Demonstrate the ability to work with families with complex needs within a multi-agency environment
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of social work mentoring, coaching and training professional colleagues
• Have evidence of substantial post-qualifying training and development
• Be able to lead improvement and challenge the quality of social care practice in a constructive manner

**An agreed weekly agency accommodation / commuter travel allowance of up to \xc2\xa3150 per week is offered for those living 50 miles or more from their work base.

To be considered for this post you must be registered with Social Work England and at least 2 years\' post qualifying experience as a social worker.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
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- Friendly and dedicated consultant with expert knowledge -[
- Access to a wide variety of roles across England and Wales -[
- Access to roles exclusive to Pertemps -[
- Quick and simple online application process with **free DBS** -[
- Up to \xc2\xa3250 Refer a Friend scheme -[
- \xc2\xa3250 bonus if you find your own role -[
- Ongoing compliance managed for you -[
- Prompt and reliable weekly payroll
Please contact Kaye Fleming 07435 787863 or email kaye.fleming@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn\'t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children\'s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

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