Advanced Practitioner Grade I *MR

Job Category : Social & Healthcare Qualified

Location : Plymouth City Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 08:30

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £38.54

 Directing work with children, young people and families in multiple

settings/locations, ensuring the child/young person’s voice is central to all

case work and recording including:

o Delivering recognised packages of support and tools to engage

children, young people and families to achieve positive outcomes.

This will require climbing stairs and lifting small children and their

equipment, travel to and from destinations, lone working and

occasional weekend and evening working

o Building purposeful, effective relationships with children and families,

demonstrating a high level of skill in evidence based, effective social work approaches to helping children and families which support

change

o Working to tight deadlines, managing conflicting demands and

interruptions

(30%)

 Undertaking assessments of need and risk; plan for outcomes, reviewing in

line with procedures and applying understanding of the key risk factors

affecting child welfare and development including:

o Analysis of the decision-making, the difference between opinion and

fact, the role of evidence and the reasoning of any conclusions

reached and recommendations made

o Maintaining timely and accurate case recording in line with practice

standards, managing information in line with the council’s policies,

procedures and guidance on data protection

(40%)

 Undertaking Court work and may be called upon to give evidence on behalf

of the Local Authority (15%).

 Participating positively in supervision, practice development and newly

qualified worker scheme requirements (15%)

Essential qualifications/knowledge

 Degree or higher qualification in Social Work that has resulted in

registration with relevant professional regulatory body for the profession

 Knowledge of the legislative frameworks for child and family social work

Desirable qualifications/ knowledge

 Knowledge of child and family social work in a statutory setting

 Understanding of child development, including the impact of different

parenting styles on development; the impact of loss, change and uncertainty

in the development of resilience and assessment of vulnerability

Essential experience

Some experience of working in a child care setting, which may have been

gained though student placement or voluntary or paid work

Advanced Practitioner role Capped case load and no duty

Up to £250 per week for expenses