We are looking for an Advanced Social Work Practitioner to join our highly recognised Centre for Professional Practice! Are you an experienced Social Worker? Do you believe in the importance of building relationships, supporting others, and championing continuing professional development? Are you committed to using your skills and knowledge to provide the best practice possible for children, young people, and families? If so, then this is the role for you.

Dudley is a great place to practice Social Work. Our vision is that the Dudley borough is a wonderful place for children and young people to grow up, where they will be happy, healthy, safe, and enjoy a good and inclusive education. We recognise that our workforce is the foundation to our success in achieving this, and that we need to have the conditions in place to enable professional expertise to flourish. The Centre for Professional Practice is key to this. The aim is to build a culture of continued improvement, learning, reflection and innovation, working with children and families, and learning from quality assurance and best practice.

This is a fantastic progression opportunity. Your role will involve supporting practitioners to develop their knowledge, skills, and experience, including an emerging specialism in practice. You will do this by supporting the delivery of the ASYE Programme to our newly qualified Social Work Practitioners, managing social work qualifying programmes, and contributing to learning and development and quality assurance activities.

To apply for this role, you should be able to demonstrate your practice experience to a more senior level, and evidence your commitment to your continued professional development. This includes working towards achieving your Practice Educator Level 1 / Level 2 Award.

This is a great time to join us! Please do get in touch to find out more by contacting the Team Manager directly at Nisha.patel@dudley.gov.uk.

For further information on Dudley Children's Social Care please go to http://www.childrenservicesjobs-dudley.org.uk/

NB.   We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications

Hours:  37 per week

Salary:  Grade 11 (£40,578 - £43,570 per annum)

Location:  Dudley Borough

The priorities for the role are as follows:

• Embed practice standards across the social care workforce in line with Dudley's Practice Model, and using restorative approaches.
• Support the delivery of the ASYE programme for newly qualified social workers.
• Co-ordinate and manage Social Work qualifying programmes.
• Undertake quality assurance activities across the service. 
• Facilitate and deliver learning and development opportunities for experienced Social Workers, newly qualified Social Workers, and Social Work students and trainees.
• Facilitate engagement opportunities with front line practitioners and represent their voice at strategic forums.

To apply for this role, you should be able to demonstrate your practice experience to a more senior level, and evidence your commitment to your continued professional development. This includes working towards achieving your Practice Educator Level 1 / Level 2 Award.

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

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Advanced Social Work Practitioner CPP.docx