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Overview
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the East Child & Family Team to work full time for Bradford Children & Families Trust. The salary for this Advanced Practitioner job is up to £49,282 per annum.
Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Principal Social Worker, be an Advanced Practitioner within the team and service area for the improvement and development of good quality practice for the benefit of children, young people, and their families by modelling standards through motivating, nurturing and mentoring of staff.
- To support less experienced Social Workers with the care proceedings process, which includes the quality assurance of reports and assessments for court, in conjunction with the court consultant.
- Supporting the Team Manager to understand performance in the team, feeding back on strengths and areas of learning within the team, providing support through reflection, training and additional support to help improve services for children and families.
- Undertake audit activity and moderation responsibilities, taking responsibility for the learning from these audits to be disseminated within own team/service linking in with the workforce and learning service area the delivery of learning and development workshops.
- To be part of and undertake practice development projects, working with both colleagues, service users and stakeholders to deliver solutions to a complex range of issues. Identifying practice changes, resource implications and training required and feeding this back to the Principal Social Worker.
- To support the team in the absence of the Team Manager in conjunction with the Duty Team Manager for the service area.
- To lead on group reflective supervision with the team, undertake direct observations of practice and hold individual reflective practice discussions as set out within the agreed policy and supervision procedures, mapped against the PCF descriptors and the post qualifying practice standards to understand the quality of social work practice and the impact on service users.
- Provide/offer expert opinion within the organisation, developing expertise in one or more areas of practice and acting as a member of a professional or Service Planning Group.
- To work in conjunction with the Principal Social Worker and the Practice Supervisor forum to drive identified practice improvement and new initiatives and local and national agendas relating to social work, which will include delivering training to the wider service.
- Liaise and promote positive relationships with colleagues, service users, partners and stake holders ensuring that there are opportunities for co-production of resources and learning and development opportunities.
- To identify own development needs and participate in continuous professional development opportunities including attendance at mandatory workshops and enhanced learning opportunities including supervision, appraisals, and own directed learning in line with registration expectations for social work registered bodies.
- Tracking the development and progression of team members to understand the training needs of individuals. This includes ensuring that the team are accessing training and development opportunities and how this is impacting in and influencing their practice.
- Promote the priorities and policies of the trust, through active promotion and support and acting as a champion for the team and Bradford. Actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion policies and practice.
Requirements
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
Reasonable Adjustments
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
EEO Statement
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
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Location: Bamburgh
Job Description:
Overview
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the East Child & Family Team to work full time for Bradford Children & Families Trust. The salary for this Advanced Practitioner job is up to £49,282 per annum.
Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Principal Social Worker, be an Advanced Practitioner within the team and service area for the improvement and development of good quality practice for the benefit of children, young people, and their families by modelling standards through motivating, nurturing and mentoring of staff.
- To support less experienced Social Workers with the care proceedings process, which includes the quality assurance of reports and assessments for court, in conjunction with the court consultant.
- Supporting the Team Manager to understand performance in the team, feeding back on strengths and areas of learning within the team, providing support through reflection, training and additional support to help improve services for children and families.
- Undertake audit activity and moderation responsibilities, taking responsibility for the learning from these audits to be disseminated within own team/service linking in with the workforce and learning service area the delivery of learning and development workshops.
- To be part of and undertake practice development projects, working with both colleagues, service users and stakeholders to deliver solutions to a complex range of issues. Identifying practice changes, resource implications and training required and feeding this back to the Principal Social Worker.
- To support the team in the absence of the Team Manager in conjunction with the Duty Team Manager for the service area.
- To lead on group reflective supervision with the team, undertake direct observations of practice and hold individual reflective practice discussions as set out within the agreed policy and supervision procedures, mapped against the PCF descriptors and the post qualifying practice standards to understand the quality of social work practice and the impact on service users.
- Provide/offer expert opinion within the organisation, developing expertise in one or more areas of practice and acting as a member of a professional or Service Planning Group.
- To work in conjunction with the Principal Social Worker and the Practice Supervisor forum to drive identified practice improvement and new initiatives and local and national agendas relating to social work, which will include delivering training to the wider service.
- Liaise and promote positive relationships with colleagues, service users, partners and stake holders ensuring that there are opportunities for co-production of resources and learning and development opportunities.
- To identify own development needs and participate in continuous professional development opportunities including attendance at mandatory workshops and enhanced learning opportunities including supervision, appraisals, and own directed learning in line with registration expectations for social work registered bodies.
- Tracking the development and progression of team members to understand the training needs of individuals. This includes ensuring that the team are accessing training and development opportunities and how this is impacting in and influencing their practice.
- Promote the priorities and policies of the trust, through active promotion and support and acting as a champion for the team and Bradford. Actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion policies and practice.
Requirements
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
Reasonable Adjustments
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
EEO Statement
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
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Posted: May 18th, 2026