Advanced Practitioner / Senior Social Worker - Families First (Child in Need)Role: Advanced Practitioner (Children''s Services)Service: Families First - Child in Need (CIN) Locality ServiceLocation: Trafford Council (Various borough locations / Hybrid Working)Pay Rate: £37.00 per hourContract: Full-Time, Ongoing Interim ContractAre you an experienced, high-calibre senior practitioner with a passion for mentoring others and driving frontline practice standards?Trafford Council is seeking an inspirational Advanced Practitioner / Senior Social Worker to join their newly structured Families First service. Working on a locality basis, this specialised service has been specifically designed to elevate the status of Child in Need work, strengthening the quality of assessments and ensuring a robust, consistent, and supportive approach for families across the entire borough.Role Overview and Leadership ResponsibilitiesAs an Advanced Practitioner, your role will be split between managing a high-quality, complex workload and providing vital practice leadership within your locality team:Practice Leadership and Mentoring: Act as a practice champion by coaching, supporting, and supervising designated team staff or student social workers, actively guiding their professional development.Complex Case Management: Hold a highly manageable, varied caseload of families supported through Child in Need planning, delivering exemplary relationship-focused intervention.Duty and Frontline Assessment: ..... full job details .....