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Job Title: Advanced Practitioner
Location: Office based - Burnley
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: up to £41,000 per annum (this includes £3000 car allowance)

*** We are currently trialling a 4-day working week to ensure our employees experience a fantastic work life balance, we hope to continue this after the trial ***

About the Role

This is an amazing opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a Advanced Practitioner with Fostering Solutions.This agency is based in Barrow, Cumbria. We have a stable staff team and many of our foster carers have been with the agency for 15 years or longer. Our current Ofsted rating is Good.

Advanced Practitioners are responsible for supporting the Registered Manager and Team Managers in the overall management of the region and be an active member of the regional management team in order to develop practice and growth of the fostering service, ensuring a ready supply of safe, caring foster placements that offer protection to a wide range of children and young people.

The role of the Advanced Practitioner is to deputise in the absence of the Team Manager and provide support/oversight to the two teams based in Lancashire and Cumbria.They will manage staff and work with their Team Manager to lead projects and develop the service. They will supervise a small number of foster carers as required and support foster carers with children who have more complex needs.

About the Group

We are part of the National Fostering Group the UKs largest independent fostering family.

Our highly skilled and dedicated fostering community supports Local Authorities by providing short or long-term foster placements for thousands of vulnerable children and teenagers throughout the UK. Almost all of our 32 regional fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either Outstanding or Good,

Who we are looking for

You will need to have Social Work Registration and possess a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and their impact on fostering services. Participation in an evening and weekend on call rota is expected and is reflected in the salary.

You will be keen to develop your management skills and take a leadership role in specific areas and projects.

You will be a strong communicator, both written and verbal, have good IT skills and be flexible and able to travel throughout the area.

Essential Criteria

* Car driver and access to a vehicle

* Current registration with the relevant Social Work regulatory council (e.g Social Work England/Wales, NISCC, SSSC)

* Recent experience in services for children

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so youll get an exceptional reward package including:

* Up to 39 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)

* Life Assurance

* Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions

* Your Wellbeing Matters access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package thats right for you, including:

* A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits

* 100s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad

* Cycle to Work Schemes

* Electric Car Purchase Scheme

* Critical illness cover

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer