Job Description

Our client Devon county council is looking for an Advanced Social Worker to join their Assessment and Intervention team.

• 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 the Assessment & Intervention team.
• 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 Advanced 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 Join a restorative, child-centred culture focusing on meaningful partnerships with families. Devon also offers an outstanding quality of life-two Blue Flag coastlines, Exmoor & Dartmoor, excellent transport links (M5, trains, Exeter Airport), vibrant communities, and top-tier schools.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.