Advanced Practitioner - Permanence Hub

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As an Advanced Practitioner within the Permanence Hub, you will provide expert practice leadership across the Hub, supporting social workers and family support workers to deliver outstanding outcomes for children and families. You will act as a specialist resource for permanence planning, helping practitioners navigate complex situations and ensuring interventions are evidence-based, child-focused and outcome-driven. Working closely with Team Managers, Service Managers and the Social Work Academy, you will:

Provide professional mentoring, coaching and practice leadership to social workers and family support workers.
Support complex permanence work, including reunification planning, Special Guardianship, and court proceedings.
Undertake quality assurance activities including audits, practice reviews, and thematic learning.
Deliver practice development sessions, workshops, and reflective learning opportunities.
Support practitioners to produce high-quality assessments, care plans, and court evidence.
Lead on areas of permanence practice and disseminate specialist knowledge across services.
Monitor and promote timely permanence planning, helping to reduce delay and improve outcomes for children.
Contribute to service improvement initiatives and the embedding of excellent social work practice.
The role also includes maintaining a small caseload of complex work, enabling you to model best practice and provide hands‑on support to colleagues., This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a service that is committed to:
Delivering outstanding permanence outcomes for children. Investing in workforce development and professional growth.
Creating a culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement.
Promoting innovation, collaboration, and evidence-informed practice.
Supporting practitioners to flourish and achieve their potential.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career and play a pivotal role in shaping permanence practice, we would love to hear from you. Are you an experienced social work practitioner with a passion for achieving lasting, positive outcomes for children? Do you thrive on supporting and developing others while maintaining high standards of practice? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Permanence Hub as an Advanced Practitioner.

This is a key role for an ambitious and highly skilled social worker who wants to use their expertise to influence practice, support workforce development and help children achieve safe, stable and sustainable permanence through reunification and special guardianship orders., We are looking for a confident and inspirational practitioner who:

Is a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
Has substantial experience of working with children and families within statutory children's services.
Has significant knowledge of permanence planning, reunification, special guardianship and court processes.
Demonstrates strong analytical, assessment and report‑writing skills.
Has experience of supporting, mentoring or developing other practitioners.
Is passionate about improving practice and achieving the best possible outcomes for children.
Can provide constructive challenge while supporting professional development and reflective practice.
Keeps up to date with research, legislation, and developments in children's social care.
A Practice Educator qualification is desirable.
Candidates without a Practice Educator Award should either hold equivalent experience or be willing to work towards the qualification.

At Sandwell Children's Trust, we firmly believe that the voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive.

Our 'Sandwell Deal', brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children's Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

By joining our team, you will be making a real difference in the lives of children and families. We are dedicated to driving meaningful change and ensuring the best outcomes for those we serve. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it's a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust and to become part of our Family.

At Sandwell Children's Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need. With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust.

Working for us There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children's Trust. From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development.

Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children's Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team. Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people. While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.

Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well‑defined career progression.
We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well‑defined career progression.
Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
Access to a range of family friendly policies.

Benefits & Rewards

Up to £6,500 re-location package
Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
Access to a range of discounts on products and services
Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
Refer a friend scheme
Wellbeing initiatives and forums
Discounted gym membership
Eye care vouchers