Advanced Practitioner - Gloucestershire

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We are currently recruiting for an experienced Advanced Practitioner Social Worker to join the Safeguarding Team at Gloucestershire County Council, offering a strong £42 per hour rate.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled safeguarding practitioner ready to step into a leadership-focused role, combining a protected complex caseload with practice development responsibilities across the wider team.

Gloucestershire s Children s Services are currently rated Good with Outstanding elements, with a clear vision of Right child, right support, right time, every time. The authority has invested heavily in workforce development, reflective supervision, and its Social Work Academy, creating an excellent environment for experienced practitioners to thrive.

The service works within a relational systemic practice model, meaning the focus is on understanding family dynamics, strengthening relationships, and identifying what needs to change within the wider system around the child to improve safety and outcomes. Advanced Practitioners are central to embedding this model across the team.

• Hold a protected caseload of complex safeguarding and child protection cases
• Lead on Child in Need, Child Protection, and PLO/court work
• Provide practice leadership, mentoring, and quality assurance to Social Workers across the team
• Complete joint visits and support colleagues with risk analysis and intervention planning
• Drive performance, service improvement, and high-quality case recording
• Support ASYEs and less experienced staff through reflective supervision and coaching
• Promote best practice within Gloucestershire s relational systemic model

• Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration
• Strong frontline safeguarding / child protection experience
• Previous experience at Senior Social Worker or Advanced Practitioner level
• Excellent court work, assessment, and permanence planning experience
• Ability to coach, mentor, and influence team practice standards
• Confident working with high-risk and highly complex family situations

• £42 per hour
• Hybrid and agile working model
• Protected complex caseload
• Opportunity to influence team-wide practice quality
• Excellent management oversight and reflective supervision
• Access to a highly regarded Social Work Academy
• Join a Good authority with Outstanding features and a clear improvement journey

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