Advanced Social Work Practitioner - Children's Disabilities Team

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to step into a permanent Advanced Social Work Practitioner role in the award-winning Children with Disabilities Team. The Advanced Practitioner is pivotal in establishing consistently excellent social work practice in our teams and supports with professional development for the whole team through mentoring, group supervisions, and peer to peer discussions. You will work widely with our other Social Care teams in Dudley to share specialist knowledge and advice specific to services and support available for children with disabilities. The successful candidate is also responsible for providing line management responsibility for our 4 Family Support Workers and supports the team with development of those undertaking an ASYE or student placement with the team, with oversight from the Team Manager. We are strengthening our commitment to children and young people with disabilities by embedding a relationship-based approach within our other Social Care teams, working collaboratively with them. There will be exciting times ahead with opportunities to work much closely with our new Integrated Family Help service in safeguarding. We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Social Worker or existing Advanced Social Work Practitioner who want to make a difference for children with disabilities and address the inequalities/disadvantages facing them. This is a key role shaping service development, managing resources, promoting independence pathways into adulthood, and ensuring that the voices of children and families inform everything we do. If you are committed to delivering outstanding outcomes and bringing positive change for children with disabilities, we'd love to hear from you.

Top tip when applying - As we've got a new recruitment system the application process has changed a little and we hope you'll like it! You'll first need to register and create a profile the first time you apply. Creating your profile will enable you do things such as track your application progress, view emails you've received from us and manage communication preferences, manage your interview bookings and offer information if successful. About Dudley Council It's an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve. At Dudley Council we have a 'one council' ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities. We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of 'Forge a Future for all' www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves. In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:

• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents