Advanced Practitioner - Children In Care

Advanced Practitioner – Children in Care Team | Bury Council

Position: Advanced Social Work Practitioner
Team: Children in Care (CASS)
Contract: Locum – Initial 2 months (likely extension)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Pay Rate: £37 per hour
Location: 3 Knowsley Place, Bury, BL9 0EJ
Start Date: ASAP
Working Pattern: Monday – Friday, full-time, hybrid
Contact: Emily Cooper – 07745200325 | ecooper@sheldon-phillips.com

 

Sheldon Phillips is working with Bury Council to find an experienced and passionate Advanced Practitioner for their Children in Care Team (CASS). This is a key opportunity for a seasoned practitioner to support children and young people in care, ensuring they are safe, supported, and able to achieve positive outcomes as they transition into adulthood.

You’ll be joining a vibrant, supportive, and forward-thinking team within a local authority that is undergoing significant transformation in how it delivers children’s services. Your input will directly shape practice, improve outcomes, and contribute to a culture of excellence.

 

What You Can Expect:

• A strong and supportive multi-agency team culture

• Office base at 3 Knowsley Place, with hybrid flexibility

• Committed and experienced management

• A council focused on innovative and restorative practice

• A role central to Bury’s transformation journey for children’s services

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Hold a manageable caseload of Looked After Children

• Undertake regular statutory visits, assessments, and care planning

• Work closely with carers, families, schools, and health services

• Contribute to care proceedings, permanency planning, and pathway planning

• Support and mentor less experienced staff

• Ensure clear, timely, and high-quality case recording

• Champion best practice and lead on improving outcomes for children in care

 

Requirements:

• SWE Registration

• Social Work qualification

• Significant post-qualified experience within LAC/Children in Care

• Strong safeguarding, assessment, and care planning skills

• Experience in court work and multi-agency collaboration

• Ability to supervise, support and model good practice to others

• Up-to-date references covering 5 years, with all gaps accounted for

 

If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care and support to children and young people, and ready to be part of a service that is striving to do things differently, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Contact Details:
Emily Cooper – 07745200325 | ecooper@sheldon-phillips.com