Children and Families Advanced Practitioner

Children and Families Advanced Practitioner

We are currently seeking an Advanced Practitioner to join our Children and Families teams in the Forest of Dean on a permanent part-time basis.

Location:

Forest of Dean
Contract type:
Permanent
Hours per week: 18.5
Closing date: 07/12/2025
Job Requisition Number: 9624

• Salary: £48,226 - £51,356 per annum (subject to experience)
• Welcome payment up to £4,000*
• Annual retention payment £2,000*
• Relocation package up to £8,000*
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• Option to purchase 10 days additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly policies and benefits
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – free confidential counselling and advice 24h online and by telephone
• In-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Access to our Social Work Academy
• Paid SWE registration renewal

As an Advanced Practitioner you will hold an expert role within your team, facilitating the team and service’s ability to develop and deliver complex social work practice through joint working, practice advice and guidance, and quality assurance.

• Model Gloucestershire’s relational systemic practice model and promote practice standards across the team
• Provide direction to team members around improving quality of practice, including quality assuring assessments or attending joint visits with social workers
• Provide monthly reflective supervision to Newly Qualified Social Workers and undertake practice observations (management of NQSW sits with Team Managers)
• Support Social Work students within the team
• Joint lead for a particular area of practice offering a weekly consultation to practitioners from across the service
• Work closely with the Social Work Academy through regular forums and training to ensure standardized practice across the teams
• Hold a small number of cases, ensuring dedicated time to follow other duties

• Social Work England/Wales registration
• Experience at Senior Social Worker level
• Recognised qualification in Social Work
• Completed ASYE year (if qualified after 2012)
• Full driving licence and willingness to drive
• Enhanced DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s)

For an informal chat, email CSWRecrui with your name, number and what you wish to discuss, and a member of the team will call within 48 hours.

All applicants will receive a call from the recruitment team to discuss the role, where you would like to practice, and in what area, and to book an interview.

Interviews will be held in person at our Forest of Dean office week commencing 26th January 2026.

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications or fill the vacancy/vacancies.

Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, safeguarding references will be taken before the interview.

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:
Advanced Practitioner Role Profile – Childrens Recruitment Booklet.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must demonstrate confident fluent English.