Advanced Practitioner

PO5: starting salary, £51.099 per annum incl. London Weighting

Permanent, Full Time

Hybrid Working - 2 days

Lambeth Children Social Care, Corporate Parenting which includes 16+ Independence Service and Children Looked After Service, invites applications for the role of an Advanced Practitioner. This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced social workers as the role entails supporting the Team Manager to develop and promote high standards of social work practice.’

As an advanced practitioner within the Service, you will deliver and role model meaningful, creative, innovative social work practice through a collaborative and systemic approach to all work with children and families.
This is a case holding role however you will carry a reduced caseload.

You will support Team Managers with day-to-day Management tasks and performance under the direction and supervision of the Team Manager including supervising non-social work/unqualified staff.

Your key responsibilities will also include provision of support, advice, mentoring and modelling high standards of professional social work practice to newly qualified and less experienced staff in complex/high risk cases; provide professional, reflective supervision and support to staff as relevant to the needs of the team, e.g., staff induction, newly qualified social workers, students; jointly work with newly qualified/less experienced social workers and to provide management instructions and to be accountable for the work of these colleagues on such cases.

• Support AYSEs up to and after their qualifying year
• Assisting Team Managers with supporting staff on capability and action plans created by the Team Manager
• Case reflective discussion and consultations

About You:

Due to the nature of the work with vulnerable children, families and carers some work beyond normal office hours is required from time to time. It is expected that you will work flexibly in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job and participate as required in multi-disciplinary cross-department and cross-organisational groups and task teams.

If you have any queries in relation to this vacancy, please contact Maya Unnikrishnan (Service Manager, 16+ Independence Service) Tel. 020 7926 3915 or Email: munnikrishnan@lambeth.gov.uk or Logan Pillay (Service Manager, Children Looked After) Tel. 0207 926 9432 or Email: Lpillay@lambeth.gov.uk

Why Lambeth:-

• Fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Lambeth Town Hall and Civic Centre buildings
• Competitive Salaries
• Up to 35 days annual leave, dependent upon continuous service
• 5 Minutes from London Underground and excellent transport links into the centre of London
• Hybrid/Flexible working
• Cycle to Work Scheme (including City Bike Hire scheme)
• Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. Please click here for a full list of our accreditations.

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs

In addition, you will also be required to undertake a Cifas check from the Fraud Prevention organisation. Further information can be found here Cifas

Please note we operate an anonymised application process. If you are uploading your CV, please remove your personal details and replace these with your unique candidate application number.

You must upload a Supporting Statement for your application to be considered.

Interested, click on the apply button and complete an on-line application and upload your Supporting Statement, explicitly evidencing how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an ‘A’ on the job specification.

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Click the 'Apply' button and complete an online application form explicitly evidencing in the Supporting Statement field how you meet the criteria marked with an ‘A’ at shortlist stage, along with uploading your CV.

Job Description and Specification

Closing Date: Sunday 23rd June 2024 at midnight

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