Advanced Practitioner - Referral & Assessment

Job description

Liquid Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join Bolton's Referral & Assessment Children's Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled social work professional who is passionate about safeguarding children and supporting the development of less experienced colleagues within a fast-paced assessment service. **About the Role** The successful candidate will hold a caseload within the Referral & Assessment Service while also providing mentoring and support to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and Social Workers within the team. **What will your responsibilities be?** - Managing a varied caseload within a busy Referral & Assessment Service - Undertaking duty responsibilities - Completing home visits across the Bolton area - Providing mentoring and guidance to NQSWs and Social Workers - Completing assessments, reports and court work - Working effectively within statutory timescales and deadlines - Managing Child Protection and Child in Need (CIN) cases **Qualification and Requirements** Applicants must have: - A minimum of **3 years' experience as an Advanced Practitioner** - Strong knowledge and experience of: - Child Protection - Child in Need (CIN) - Court work - Report writing - Statutory processes and deadlines within an Assessment Service - Experience supporting and mentoring social work colleagues - Ability to undertake duty work and home visits - Social Work England registration - Enhanced DBS and satisfactory references **What's on Offer?** - £40 per hour - 37 hours per week - Free on-site parking - Supportive team environment - Opportunity to mentor and develop social workers - Varied and rewarding caseload Depending on experience, successful candidates will be allocated across the Referral & Assessment teams and service areas. **Please note:** References will be requested for candidates offered an interview, and an enhanced DBS check will be required for any candidate offered a position. **Interested?** Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about the opportunity. **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. BH - 202037 GH - 36170