Advanced Practitioner / Senior Social Worker - Child in Need

Advanced Practitioner / Senior Social Worker - Families First (Child in Need) • Role: Advanced Practitioner (Children's Services) • Service: Families First - Child in Need (CIN) Locality Service • Location: Trafford Council (Various borough locations / Hybrid Working) • Pay Rate: £37.00 per hour • Contract: Full-Time, Ongoing Interim Contract Are you an experienced, high-calibre senior practitioner with a passion for mentoring others and driving frontline practice standards? Trafford Council is seeking an inspirational Advanced Practitioner / Senior Social Worker to join their newly structured Families First service. Working on a locality basis, this specialised service has been specifically designed to elevate the status of Child in Need work, strengthening the quality of assessments and ensuring a robust, consistent, and supportive approach for families across the entire borough. Role Overview & Leadership ResponsibilitiesAs an Advanced Practitioner, your role will be split between managing a high-quality, complex workload and providing vital practice leadership within your locality team: • Practice Leadership & Mentoring: Act as a practice champion by coaching, supporting, and supervising designated team staff or student social workers, actively guiding their professional development. • Complex Case Management: Hold a highly manageable, varied caseload of families supported through Child in Need planning, delivering exemplary relationship-focused intervention. • Duty & Frontline Assessment: Participate in the team duty rota, leading on Section 47 child protection enquiries and completing comprehensive, analytical Child and Family assessments. • Relational & Strengths-Based Practice: Build meaningful, trusting partnerships with families to safely and effectively step down statutory plans in alignment with the families' own timescales. Mandatory Candidate Criteria • Professional Registration: Must be a Qualified Social Worker with an active, valid Social Work England registration. • Advanced Practice Expertise: Significant post-qualifying experience within statutory Child Protection, Duty & Assessment, or Child in Need services. • Supervisory Experience: Proven experience or the clear capability to mentor, coach, or formally supervise less experienced staff, newly qualified social workers (ASYEs), or students. • Analytical Skills: Exceptional assessment, decision-making, and report-writing skills, with a deep understanding of thresholds and risk management. What Trafford Council Offers You • Attractive Remuneration: A highly competitive hourly rate of £37.00 per hour. • A Specialised Practice Model: The opportunity to work within a service that actively champions the value of Child in Need work, providing clear frameworks and manageable caseloads. • Career Evolution: A perfect stepping-stone for a Senior Social Worker looking to gain formal coaching, supervision, and management experience without losing touch with frontline practice. Take the Next Step in Your CareerIf you are a skilled, supportive senior professional ready to shape the next generation of social workers while delivering exceptional support to families in Trafford, apply today. Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone. Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.