Children's social worker - cwd

Job Description

Our Client, Bury Council, is seeking a Children’s Advanced Practitioner to join their Children with Disability Team.

Fantastic payrate of minimum £40 per hour!

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

Responsibilities of this role:

• Provide advanced practice leadership within the CWD team, supporting high-quality assessments, care planning, and safeguarding interventions for children with complex needs.
• Hold a small caseload of highly complex and high-risk cases, modelling best practice and supporting team decision-making.
• Offer expert advice, guidance, and mentoring to social workers, enhancing practice standards and professional development.
• Lead on complex assessments (e.g. Child in Need, Child Protection, and Care Proceedings) ensuring compliance with statutory frameworks and legislation.
• Support the Team Manager in quality assurance, including case audits, supervision support, and performance monitoring.
• Promote strengths-based, child-centred practice, ensuring the voice of the child and family is central to all interventions.
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners (health, education, SEND services) to coordinate effective support packages.
• Lead or contribute to strategy discussions, safeguarding meetings, and multi-disciplinary planning.
• Drive continuous improvement by embedding best practice, contributing to service development, and supporting inspection readiness (e.g. Ofsted).
• Ensure robust risk assessment and safeguarding responses for children with disabilities, considering additional vulnerabilities.
• Deputise for the Team Manager where required, supporting operational oversight and decision-making.

Requirements of this role

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

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

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

Does this role interest you? Apply today!