Children's Advanced Practitioner - Fostering

Our Client, Wigan Council, is seeking a Children’s Advacned Practitioner to join their Team.

Hybrid working available!

Fantastic payrate of £40 per hour!

Are you a Children's Advanced Practitioner, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

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• Provide practice leadership and support to fostering social workers.
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• Lead on complex fostering assessments, reviews, and casework.
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• Supervise, mentor, and coach practitioners to promote high-quality practice.
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• Support foster carers through assessment, supervision, and development.
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• Ensure safeguarding concerns are managed effectively and in line with statutory requirements.
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• Quality assure reports, assessments, and care planning.
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• Represent the service at fostering panels, professional meetings, and multi-agency forums.
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• Promote placement stability and positive outcomes for children in care.
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• Ensure compliance with fostering regulations, policies, and standards.
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• Contribute to service improvement, audits, and workforce development initiatives.
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Requirements of this role:

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• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
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• Must have a Social Work qualification (Diploma in social work, social work degree or equivalent)
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• Must have minimum of 3 years experience working as a Qualified social worker
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Benefits of working through Reed, include:

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• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
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• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
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• Free CV building and Interview support.
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• Free DBS checks.
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• Weekly payroll.
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• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
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• CPD contributions.
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• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
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• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
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Does this role interest you? Apply today!