Children's Services Advanced Practitioners - Borough of Trafford, United Kingdom - Trafford Council

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Salary:

Band 9 (£41,418 - £44,428 per annum)
To aid attraction and retention of Advanced Practitioners, Trafford have in place a market factor supplement of £2,400 which is payable monthly and reviewed on an annual basis.

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Contract: Permanent

Location:
Borough-wide, main office locations Trafford Town Hall or Sale Waterside


Here in Trafford Children's Services our vision is that our teams are offering the right help at the right time, and that at all levels our interventions make life better for children and families.

We are ambitious for our children and for our practitioners - and our core value is 'would this be good enough for my child'?


We want to have practitioners and managers who are confident and brave in their practice and are supported by strong leaders at all levels.

As a relatively small local authority, we pride ourselves on our friendly teams, manageable caseloads, creative approach and colleagues who support each other.

We were pleased to see this recognised in the Ofsted report that followed our 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.

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In Trafford our approach is strengths-based, using relational and restorative practice.

Our recent Ofsted report noted that our "relational model of social work practice, which is well regarded by the wider workforce, has been successfully implemented.

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We believe that a culture and environment in which our managers and social workers can thrive is an essential element of improving outcomes for children and families.

To support this, we have invested in a 3-year programme with relational specialists Strengthening Practice to provide ongoing training and enhance our social workers' personal development.

Our 2023 Ofsted report recognised this, praising a "cultural shift (that) has been underpinned by a strong training offer to support social workers to develop the skills they need to provide a better service to children".

We are currently recruiting qualified Advanced Practitioners to the following parts of our service and would love to hear from you;


Families First (localities) - This is our dedicated Child in Need Service where you will work on a locality basis with children and families that require a social work assessment. We have developed a specialised service in this area of work to allow us to strengthen our assessment and planning for children in need and their families, raising the status of children in need and ensuring a consistent approach across the borough. It is also important that social workers in this service are able to build relational partnerships that strengthen our work and enable the step down of plans where it is safe to do so and in the families' timescales.

Roles currently available in the following teams:

  • Central (based in Sale)
  • South (based in Altrincham)
  • North (based in Stretford)
Please note all roles are now hybrid meaning a blend of locality-based and home working.


Cared for Children and Care Experienced Young People - We have brought together our Aftercare service and our Permanence service to create a 'through care' approach dedicated to children and young people who have a permanence plan, who then make that transition to being a care experienced young person.


In this service you will be supporting our cared for children and enabling our teenagers and care experienced young people to tackle the ups and downs, move on in life and achieve their full potential.


Can you offer the care and support that is essential for a child coming out of care proceedings, needing to have a sense of belonging and stability? Do you have the experience to recognise and work with those who have hidden hurt or trauma, pull partners around the child and carer and make the difference that will provide a network of support and guidance? If so, this service is for you.


Our commitment to you


We know that when you come to work in Trafford, we have a responsibility to provide you with the right tools and support to flourish in your new role.


Induction
We have recently updated our induction programme for new colleagues joining us at all levels.

During your first two weeks you will have protected time to get to know your team, our systems and other parts of the service.


Workload
We are absolutely committed to ensuring that your workload is manageable.

This isn't necessarily a specific caseload number, as we all know that numbers don't necessarily reflect the complexity of the children and families you are working with.

But we believe that manageable workloads are critical, and managers will support you and confirm priorities through discussion and supervision.

We have performance management reporting of caseloads and therefore at all levels we are responsible for monitoring workloads across the service.

There will be times where there
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