Connect2SocialWork are interested in speaking with Advanced Practitioner's who are interested in helping Children & Families. Devon County Council are looking for AP's to join them on a locum basis, paying up to £46ph. Based in their Newton Abbot office. Working as an Advanced Social Worker you will work closely with your Team Manager, you will provide professional leadership and supervision to colleagues within your team, supporting your manager with the day-to-day operations of your team and contributing to an effective and efficient service to children and families. This is a hands-on role, where you have a smaller caseload, working with children and families with a complexity of needs (including undertaking in-depth assessments) and where, through supervision and mentoring, you will share your knowledge and experience with colleagues and students to continually improve practice standards within your team. You will champion high standards of professional social work practice, by encouraging and supporting opportunities for reflection and learning and delivering on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to unqualified/alternatively qualified staff, students and less experienced social workers. About you Advanced Social Workers provide a lead social work role within each team, supporting the development of good evidence-based practice. With substantial post-qualifying experience and the ability to demonstrate that you're working at the Experienced Social Worker level, you will: * Demonstrate the ability to work with families with complex needs within a multi-agency environment * Be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of social work mentoring, coaching and training professional colleagues * Have evidence of substantial post-qualifying training and development * Be able to lead improvement and challenge the quality of social care practice in a constructive manner Rate of Pay: Up to £46p/h An agreed weekly agency accommodation / commuter travel allowance of up to £150 per week is offered for those living 50 miles or more from their work base. Claims must be recorded with detailed receipts provided to support the claims made. Connect2Socialwork is a trading style of Commercial Services Trading LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Socialwork is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates