Practice Advisor (Educator) and Practice Advisor - QUALIFIED
| Posting date: | 23 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,839 to £47,181 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 October 2025 |
| Location: | Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Lincolnshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Join Lincolnshire’s passionate Quality & Standards Team as a Practice Advisor or Practice Advisor (Educator), where you’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of Children’s Services. Whether supporting Social Work apprentices through supervision, university liaison and recruitment, or driving continuous improvement and embedding key practice models like Signs of Safety, you’ll be at the heart of a learning organisation committed to excellence. With opportunities to innovate, lead training, and collaborate county-wide, this is your chance to make a lasting impact on children, young people and families across Lincolnshire.
About the roles
Practice Advisor (Educator): Having recognised the essential role that this position provides in supporting our future and current practitioners we are excited to recruit a Practice Advisor (Educator) working county-wide, base negotiable. Your main duties will be as Practice Educator supporting Social Work students on the apprenticeship scheme. You will support a cohort of approximately 14-19 Social Work apprentices each year along with the associated support and administrative tasks relating to each cohort, such as recruitment, observations, group supervision, review meetings and close liaison with universities.
Practice Advisor: We are also looking to recruit a Practice Advisor based throughout the County, base negotiation. You will be supporting with the continuous development and improvement to practice as well as supporting existing Practice Advisors.
Both successful applications will become part of a team that is passionate about creating and maintain the learning culture within Children's Services and supporting practitioners in delivering the best practice for the children, young people and families they're working with. You will be supported in understanding practice issues, developing quality improvement proposals and training packages and directly supporting frontline practitioners’ professional development. As a leader and driver of practice you will ensure that Lincolnshire's models of practice are understood, and you will support managers and their workforce in applying them in practice.
About the Team
The Quality & Standards Team is a countywide service supporting continuous learning and quality assurance for practitioners, managers and senior leaders through audit activity, practice observations and learning and development. Practice Advisors and Educators will play an integral part in ensuring we continue as a learning organisation in embedding Signs of Safety as well as other key practice models. It is also a time for innovation and development with the further changes in relation to the Early Career Framework.
About You
You should be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England and have at least five years experience.
A post qualifying Practice Educator Level 1 and/or 2 is essential for the Practice Advisor (Educator) role.
About Our Offer:
Along with a competitive salary of £42,839-£47,181 we are offering:
A Contributory pension
Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
Flexible working policies
Career progression opportunities
A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more
Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure
Next steps
If this sounds like the role for you, then please read through the full Job Description, to help you do the best application possible, before clicking apply!
If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact Philippa Gallop via email in the first instance (Philippa.gallop@lincolnshire.gov.uk)
Closing date: 23rd October 2025 Interviews 5th & 6th November 2025
Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.
All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.
On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A Smarter Working Employer
We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.
Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
About the roles
Practice Advisor (Educator): Having recognised the essential role that this position provides in supporting our future and current practitioners we are excited to recruit a Practice Advisor (Educator) working county-wide, base negotiable. Your main duties will be as Practice Educator supporting Social Work students on the apprenticeship scheme. You will support a cohort of approximately 14-19 Social Work apprentices each year along with the associated support and administrative tasks relating to each cohort, such as recruitment, observations, group supervision, review meetings and close liaison with universities.
Practice Advisor: We are also looking to recruit a Practice Advisor based throughout the County, base negotiation. You will be supporting with the continuous development and improvement to practice as well as supporting existing Practice Advisors.
Both successful applications will become part of a team that is passionate about creating and maintain the learning culture within Children's Services and supporting practitioners in delivering the best practice for the children, young people and families they're working with. You will be supported in understanding practice issues, developing quality improvement proposals and training packages and directly supporting frontline practitioners’ professional development. As a leader and driver of practice you will ensure that Lincolnshire's models of practice are understood, and you will support managers and their workforce in applying them in practice.
About the Team
The Quality & Standards Team is a countywide service supporting continuous learning and quality assurance for practitioners, managers and senior leaders through audit activity, practice observations and learning and development. Practice Advisors and Educators will play an integral part in ensuring we continue as a learning organisation in embedding Signs of Safety as well as other key practice models. It is also a time for innovation and development with the further changes in relation to the Early Career Framework.
About You
You should be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England and have at least five years experience.
A post qualifying Practice Educator Level 1 and/or 2 is essential for the Practice Advisor (Educator) role.
About Our Offer:
Along with a competitive salary of £42,839-£47,181 we are offering:
A Contributory pension
Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
Flexible working policies
Career progression opportunities
A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more
Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure
Next steps
If this sounds like the role for you, then please read through the full Job Description, to help you do the best application possible, before clicking apply!
If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact Philippa Gallop via email in the first instance (Philippa.gallop@lincolnshire.gov.uk)
Closing date: 23rd October 2025 Interviews 5th & 6th November 2025
Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.
All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.
On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A Smarter Working Employer
We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.
Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
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