Advanced Practitioner

Job ref: RO-92006                                   

Location: Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale or Fashion Corner, Drake Street, Rochdale

Salary: £42,403 - £46,464 per annum, pro rata for part-time 

Grade: 9           

Working Hours: Full Time & Part-Time hours available

Contract Type:  Permanent                      

Closing Date: 21^st May 2024

Interview Date: Weekly

Interview Type:  In person

Advanced Practitioner up to £46,464

We are very excited to be transforming Rochdale’s Children’s Social Care Service to meet the principles and direction of the Josh McAllister Independent Review of Children’s Social care. Relational practice underpins our work and we are committed to developing your social work skills and knowledge.

You will be working at the forefront of best practice as we realign our services to meet demand and embrace new models of working. We have already successfully established the No Wrong Door model for vulnerable adolescents and are keen to develop true multi-disciplinary working as part of the planned alignment. An exciting opportunity has arisen here at Rochdale Children’s Services to join the

EHASH (Early Help and Safeguarding Hub)/ Duty and assessment or Family Support and Protection Service.

For many years we have been leading the way with our innovative service delivery and reform. Strengthening families and improving outcomes is at the heart of what we do.

Our social work model is relationship based practice as we believe trusting relationships are essential to improving children’s lives. You will be working in an environment where professionals from every agency share information, expertise and work together to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children and young people in the borough.

We have organised our service to follow a child’s journey and this includes having an effective early help and safeguarding hub at the point of entry, first response teams, dedicated court and child protection teams as well as an integrated cared for children service.

Our service offers intensive support and interventions which make a difference to the children and young people we work with, strengthening families and improving outcomes.

What we can offer you

• If you value working in a learning, supportive environment with a positive attitude to working flexibly; recognising we all have different needs – just like our children, youngpeople and families then working for Rochdale  would be great for you.

• We offer a stimulating working environment, excellent training and career progression opportunities to help you to reach your full potential.

If you would like to have an informal chat about any of our Advance Practitioner roles please email JoinRochdaleCS@Rochdale.Gov.UK stating which service area you are interested in.

To apply please upload your CV together with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the person specification of the job role.

It’s not just us telling you to join, our staff say that they:

• Have the time and space to build authentic relationships with young people, their families and other professionals - working collaboratively towards agreed goals
• Have a stable and approachable managers who support them well.
• Are able to build positive relationships with our community and families that we support
• Have time to listen and understand families and issues they are facing
• Are really proud to work here.
• Utilise supervision and peer supervision to reflect and discuss cases
• Utilise colleagues knowledge and support

You will probably have heard that we genuinely believe in our staff and want to help them do their best; here is just a taster of what we provide:

• Flexible and agile working
• Additional retention payments
• Welcoming and friendly environment in an award winning, Covid-19 compliant modern building in a rapidly developing town centre
• Bespoke leadership learning programme and advanced practitioner group
• Wrap around support initiatives and a supportive and visible leadership team
• Continual professional development with clear career progression, with access to ongoing training and learning and development days.
• Regular supervision and peer supervision
• Staff awards in acknowledgement of each individuals achievements and recognition of these
• Well connected to Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire, which makes it a truly great place to live, work and play.

A bit about us

We’re big on relationships and relational practice and we’re being recognised nationally for this. We believe trusting, positive relationships are essential to supporting staff and improving the lives of children and families. That is then put into practice with our hardworking and committed staff. We work together, support each other, provide development opportunities and offer real career pathways.

We are making positive progress in terms of our ways to work with children, young people and families to achieve better outcomes for all. We are empathetic in our work and listen to our families; building on their strengths and work towards agreed goals.

We create SMART plans with our families to ensure goals are achievable, focussed and realistic whilst being specific to each individual child, young person and family.

We are passionate to ensure we offer services that are:

·       good enough for my child

·       manage the risk for the child, not the organisation,

·       leading  a shared approach to parenting

·       persistent in making sure  every child has someone who will stand up for them

·       attuned to  what kind of adult we want to support our children and  young people  to be at 20 years, 35 years and 50 years old

We look forward to hearing from you about which of our friendly teams that best fits your expertise – come and join Team Rochdale.

In accordance with Section 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 this post requires the ability to converse at ease with the members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English.

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The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment.

Casual User Car Allowance is payable

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced DBS including a barred list check child workforce

Rochdale Borough Council is a great place to work. Please click here for information on Number One Riverside and the borough of Rochdale.

At Rochdale Borough Council we are committed to our Values and Behaviours.

·       Proud of the difference we make

·       Passionate about the diversities of the Borough

·       Pioneering and Open in our Approach

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment.  This means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.