‍‍ Job Title: Child & Family Advanced Practitioner

Location: Stroud Social Care Locality Office, GL5 4AE

Contract Type: Temporary

⏱️ Hours: 37 per week

Pay Rate: £42.00 per hour

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Social Worker to join our Children & Families Team in Stroud as an Advanced Practitioner. This is a key role where you'll help shape exceptional services for children, adolescents, and families across Gloucestershire.

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will:

Create the best outcomes for children and adolescents with complex needs

Hold a protected caseload, focusing on high-quality and impactful work

Provide leadership around quality assurance, practice improvement, and performance support

Work closely with your team to embed strong, consistent practice

Support risk management and decision-making across complex cases

‍ What We're Looking For

An Advanced Practitioner who is:

Resilient, confident, and driven

Committed to delivering a first-class service

Experienced in safeguarding and complex casework

A collaborative team member with strong communication skills

Able to lead by example and champion best practice

Working Style

We operate a hybrid working model, ensuring flexibility while maintaining high standards of practice:

Office-based for visits, duty work, and team collaboration

Home-based for administrative tasks

All children and adolescents are seen face to face unless COVID-confirmed

Expectation to be in the office more during the early stages to build team cohesion and stability

You will be equipped with a laptop and smartphone to support your work in all environments.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy