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Advanced Practitioner - Early Resolution and Safeguarding Team

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Dyddiad hysbysebu: 16 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog: £42,512 i £44,569 bob blwyddyn
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 02 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Gweithio o bell: Ar y safle yn unig
Cwmni: Buckinghamshire Council
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: BUC13160

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Are you an Advanced Practitioner with a passion for delivering great services, with expertise and experience in working on complex cases in the community... looking for a new role?

This is a great opportunity to experience a different pace and style of work and have responsibility for being a gatekeeper for Adult Social Care. Your input can have a positive impact on enabling people to remain independent for as long as possible in the community.

The role would include complex case work, supporting more junior colleagues to build on their strengths and experiences, some aspects of safeguarding work, work within the Court of Protection and a real focus on strength-based work and enabling positive risk taking.

In addition to the salary advertised, you will receive a market premium of £2,525 per annum, you will also receive a ‘Golden Hello’ lump-sum payment of £2,500 paid on successful completion of your probationary period.

About us
You will be joining a collaborative, dedicated and enthusiastic team of Social Work professionals who are very proud of their profession, and whose passion is to work with, support and protect our residents who are most vulnerable in our County.

Staff Benefits
You will receive free parking and an essential car user allowance, we will cover the cost of your annual Social Work England registration.

We provide a range of internal and external training courses and free access to RIPFa resources with a council log in. We have a clear career progression pathway to give you opportunities to grow and flourish.

About the role
To ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire, Advanced Practitioners will ensure:

Work in accordance with the Better Lives framework
Promote and deliver goal-based support people to achieve greater independence
Promote equality as an integral part of a role and treat everyone with fairness and dignity
Provide a proactive personalised approach to the delivery of care and practice
Respond to people’s needs in a timely manner
Focus on improving people’s well-being
Take account of people’s risks and safety at all times, identifying mitigations to reduce that risk
Support people to achieve the outcomes that are most important to them using all available resources and taking responsibility for the public purse
Hold a caseload of complex cases
Competent in completing safeguarding investigations and court work
Provide personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support

About you
You must be a qualified Social Worker (holding a social work degree or equivalent) and be registered with Social Work England. In addition, a full driving licence with access to a vehicle is an essential requirement for this role.

If you have any questions or would like to hear more about this exciting role, please contact: Sarah Beeks at Sarah.Beeks@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.

By joining us, you can expect:

A fair and inclusive culture
The chance to really make a difference to those around you
Health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
A unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
Ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
Opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Service Area
Buckinghamshire Council is committed to ensuring that our residents stay as independent as they can, for as long as possible. Everyone has the right to live a fulfilling and nourishing life, and for many people, social care plays a key role in achieving that.

We are looking for dynamic Social Workers who are passionate about enabling clients to fulfil their potential.

Your work will include carrying out needs assessments, creating person-centred and strengths-based care plans, ensuring delivery of services, and reviewing outcomes with the individual, their personal networks, and support providers.

You will work in partnership with other professionals and organisations to support our residents effectively and holistically.

You will also demonstrate emotional resilience and intelligence - which is the ability to maintain focus and to ‘keep going’ despite setbacks and stressful situations, a real desire to enable clients to achieve or maintain their goals of living independently and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

https://jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/working-buckinghamshire-council/

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