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Salary

£42,708 - £47,754 per annum

Type of vacancy

Permanent

Work pattern

Full Time

Hours per week

37

Work Base

Lawn View House, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 5GA

Working Arrangements

Hybrid

Job Description / Person Specification

Advanced Social Work Practitioner JDPS.pdf – 61KB Opens in a new window

Competency Framework

Tier 6

Number of posts

1

Interview date

to be confirmed

Closing Date

20 July 2025 23:55

An exciting opportunity is available for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Advanced Social Work Practitioner in the Family Support & Safeguarding Team in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The team consists of experienced social workers, family support workers, early help case managers, specialist domestic abuse workers & social work support officers.

As an Advanced Practitioner you will be the allocated social worker for a limited number of children with complex family circumstances and, under the direction of the Team Manager, will co-work and provide support to social workers to increase their knowledge and skills in high quality assessment, analysis and risk management. You will have supervisory responsibility for a small number of alternatively qualified staff and social work apprentices in the team and will support reflective and group supervision for other social workers.

You will need to have 3 years’ post qualifying experience in children’s social care and have experience of mentoring and supervising others. You will need a strengths-based approach and a can-do attitude. The family support & safeguarding teams work with children who are supported by child in need and child protection plans as well as children who are looked after by alternative carers, including foster carers and kinship carers. The teams also work with families within pre-proceedings and care proceedings so a sound knowledge and experience of court work is required.

The teams are very well supported by business support colleagues and dedicated social work support officers, who are an integral part of the team and enable social workers to spend more time with the children and their families.

Nottinghamshire offer a wide range of training and you will receive regular supervision and development opportunities to further your career.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Ruth Wood on 0115 8546148 ruth.wood2@nottscc.gov.uk or Abigail O'Brien on 0115 8041105 abigail.obrien@nottscc.gov.uk

IND2

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

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