Advanced Practitioner

At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.

We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.

There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Children's Social Care & Safeguarding team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.

• We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
• Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
• If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
• We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
• There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
• Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.

About the Post:

Practice Development Hub  - Advanced Practitioner  

This is an exciting time to join Barnsley Children and Family Services who, due to an internal move, are seeking to recruit an Advanced Practitioner to join our Practice Development Hub. This is the perfect opportunity for a forward thinking, motivated and dedicated social worker to join us in Barnsley to support teams and practitioners in delivering the very best outcomes for our children and young people.  

As part of our commitment to the development of children’s services we are aspirational for our workforce and ensuring that our staff have the support and training they need to do their job to the very best of their ability. We currently have an opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner who will have a key role in shaping and developing practice, sitting within our Practice Development Hub.  

You will not have case holding responsibility in this role.  

You will work with colleagues in the Hub and alongside the Practice Development Manager and Principal Social Worker to develop, drive and deliver our practice model, continuous professional development and training offer for children’s social workers and practitioners. In this role you will: 

 

 

• Be a key member of our Social Work Academy and alongside team managers, provide supervision, support and guidance to Newly Qualified social workers in their Assessed and Supported Year in practice 

 

• Support and assess student social workers on placement in Barnsley and offer support to Practice Educators  

 

• Develop and deliver training and development aligned to the Barnsley Stronger Together practice model, to support learning and drive best practice across Children’s Social Care 

 

• Work closely with the Quality Assurance Team to ensure that learning from audit is embedded in our training and development 

 

• Work with partners to drive multi agency working and good practice across services  

 

• Ensure that staff and teams have the resources and tools to support their professional development   

 

• Offer mentoring and support to colleagues  

 

Who are we looking for?  

You will be qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England  

You will have significant post qualification experience in children’s services, including in supervision and mentoring.  

You will have a passion for social work and close connection to frontline practice, an understanding of the local and national context and how this aligns to workforce development  

You will be confident in developing and delivering training and learning  

You will be able to work autonomously on a number of projects and tasks simultaneously, working to deadlines and demonstrating accountability.  

You will be able to represent the authority, engaging actively across the wider partnership and with other stakeholders 

You will have excellent communication and report writing skills