Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner to join Trafford Council’s Support and Protect (Child Protection) based in Trafford Town Hall in Stretford. As an AP within Trafford they are looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference for children and can work creatively to ensure the best outcomes and support children to stay within the family wherever it is safe to do so.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Be working in the Support and Protect Service, supporting children and families who need longer term support and achieving permanence this might be through Child Protection Planning or if required in the Court arena.
- You will be focusing on Child Protection, Child in Need and Court
- Supporting students and other social workers with their development as the AP
Benefits:
- Chance to coach, support, and supervise designated staff and students
- Working from home opportunities
- 36.25 hours per week
- Long term contracts available
- MS Teams interviews
- Friendly Teams with colleague who support each other and great management support
- Manageable Caseloads
- Trafford were pleased to see this recognised in the Ofsted report that followed their ILACS inspection in late 2022, which highlighted that “social workers in Trafford are overwhelmingly positive about both the local authority and the support they receive.”
- Trafford’s approach is strength based, using relational and restorative practice
Qualifications and Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have;
- Social Work England registration
- Eligible to work in the UK.
- Hold a full UK license.
- Post-qualified experience
- Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
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 by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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