Advanced Practitioner – Practice Standards
£48,226 per annum
Help Shape Practice to Be Proud Of.
Do you believe social care is about living well, not just managing need? Are you passionate about strengths‑based, relational practice that helps people live good, ordinary lives—connected to their communities and the things that matter most?
Local Area Coordination is shaping our thinking and we are looking for an exceptional Advanced Practitioner to provide influential practice leadership across Adult Social Care and the wider system. This is a rare opportunity to shape culture, embed strengths‑based approaches, and help move social care away from dependency and towards prevention, connection and independence.
About the Role
As Advanced Practitioner – Practice Standards, you will play a key leadership role in embedding:
- Local Area Coordination (LAC)
- Our ‘Let’s Talk Together’ strengths‑based approach
- Practice aligned with Social Care Future and the ADASS vision
You’ll work closely with the Practice Standards & Improvement Manager, Principal Social Worker and the LAC Manager, influencing practice, supporting learning, and ensuring high‑quality, lawful and person‑centred decision‑making. This role is about influence, coaching and leadership—not caseload management.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Practice Leadership
- Model and champion high‑quality, strengths‑based, relational practice
- Coach and mentor practitioners and managers
- Challenge practice that increases dependence and restricts independence
- Support safe, confident and proportionate decision‑making
- Practice Development & Improvement
- Lead the consistent adoption of LAC 10 principles
- Shape policies, procedures and learning to reflect strengths‑based practice
- Promote reflective practice focused on “what matters” to people
- Support training and service‑wide learning activity
- Quality, Impact & Learning
- Use narrative and learning approaches to show real‑life impact
- Support quality assurance through reflection rather than compliance
- Contribute to understanding prevention, early intervention and cost avoidance
- Supporting Our Workforce
- Provide coaching, mentoring and supervision (individual and group)
- Support newly qualified workers and students
- Encourage curiosity, professional confidence and analytical thinking
- Partnership & Co‑production
- Build strong relationships across the council and wider system
- Promote meaningful co‑production with people who draw on care and support
- Act as an ambassador for Local Area Coordination
Benefits
- People are experts in their own lives
- Relationships, communities and networks matter
- Support should enable, not take over
- Prevention and early help make the biggest difference
- We are proud to deliver Practice to Be Proud Of, supporting people to Live Better Lives
- You’ll be joining a service that values reflection, learning, innovation and courage, and where your professional voice genuinely matters
Legal Statement and Eligibility
South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre‑employment checks.
For posts where there is a requirement to work in or enter a Care Quality Commission Regulated Care Home (CQC) it would be preferred but is optional that you have been fully vaccinated against COVID‑19 (unless medically exempt) as a condition of employment.
We do not currently offer skilled worker visa sponsorship.
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