Advanced Social Work Practitioner

COMPASS Advanced Social Work Practitioner
MB4 (£45,091 - £51,356) plus reimbursement of Social Work England registration fees. This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary, 2 years
Fred Perry House and hybrid working arrangements with the expectation to the be in the office at least 2 days per week.

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 5th June 2026
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 10th June 2026
Interview Date: 19th June 2026
Interview Type: In person

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Your Role

We have an exciting opportunity for two experienced social workers to join our Domestic Abuse team as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner.

This is an ideal role for a practitioner who is highly skilled, knowledgeable and passionate about working in the field of domestic abuse, and who is ready to take the next step in their social work career.

This Advanced Practitioner role has a particular focus on high risk and complex domestic abuse, including female genital mutilation (FGM), so-called honour-based abuse and forced marriage.

You will play a key role in strengthening practice and improving outcomes for children and families by providing professional leadership in high risk and complex safeguarding situations, supporting effective and timely risk management. The role includes the supervision, mentoring and support of staff, alongside the delivery of training and practice development activity. You will be expected to lead by example, modelling excellent social work practice, promoting a culture of reflective practice and continuous learning, supporting effective multi agency collaboration to safeguard children, and making confident, evidence based decisions in complex situations. You will work closely with colleagues across Stockport Family and partner agencies to ensure children are safeguarded and families receive the right support at the right time.

We are recruiting to two Advanced Practitioner posts within COMPASS; each will have additional specialist responsibilities. These may include:

• Practice improvement and quality assurance
• Specialist consultation and advice to social work teams across Children’s Social Care on all aspects of domestic abuse.
• MARAC/ Daily Risk
• Workforce development and training across Children’s Social Care
• Involvement in MATAC, DAPO and target hardening activity
• Contributing to delivery plans under the Stockport Domestic Abuse Strategy
• Supporting the implementation of innovation and pilot activity, including the Intractable MARAC model.

As an Advanced Practitioner in Stockport Family, you will benefit from:

• Our relationships with families and with each other being at the heart of everything we do. We have a model of restorative practice and relationships are the key to how we work together comprehensive restorative practice training is offered to all
• Systemic social work practice to help bring about the change that families need to be safe and thriving access to systemic practice training and foundation year, including systemic supervision skills
• Opportunities to become a Practice Educator and to develop your supervision skills in supporting ASYE social workers
• Co-located, integrated working bringing social workers, health, and education services together so you can get the help you need quickly for families
• High quality and regular reflective supervision, recognising we are humans first, professionals second
• Supportive leadership who listen and respond to feedback
• Regular informal learning circles to keep your knowledge and skills up to date
• Dedicated workforce development managers for every stage of your career
• Genuine commitment to your Continuing Professional Development with regular opportunities across Stockport Family for short and long training courses tailored to your needs and interests; we are committed to your professional development. Many of our team leaders started their careers as social workers in Stockport, and we are committed to supporting you to grow your career with us.
• Access to corporate leadership and supervision programmes, support, and coaching.

Support for Advanced Practitioners also includes regular check-ins with workforce development and colleagues from across Stockport Family and opportunities to attend meetings with senior leaders to think about our continued journey of learning and improvement to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and families in Stockport.

About You

You will be an experienced social worker, who can draw on a range of experiences, knowledge, and skills to support your team and team leader. A key part of the advanced practitioner role is to nurture and support other member of staff within our service, and you will be keen to develop your supervision skills, thinking reflectively and systemically. You will be a good communicator, able to build rapport and trusting relationships with team members, so that they feel able to approach you for advice and support.

You will be passionate about relationship-based social work, proud of your profession and able to reflect and think creatively about how you can build relationships to make a difference with children and families.

You will be an experienced social worker who is passionate about working with and improving the lives of children living with or affected by domestic abuse. working with domestic abuse victims and survivors and working with perpetrators of domestic abuse. It is essential that you have professional knowledge and expertise in issues and risk relating to domestic abuse, FGM, so called honour-based abuse and forced marriage.

You will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about being a part of Stockport Family.

In Stockport Family we value diversity and the unique perspectives that each of us bring and are committed to being an inclusive and aspirational place to work for all colleagues.

What can we offer you?

• Modern and pleasant offices, with the latest technology so you can work hybrid, and located in the town centre
• Reimbursement of your Social Work England regulator fees
• Full subscription to Research in Practice to access the latest research publications
• Discounted multi-storey parking on-site
• Essential Car User Allowance from £846 per annum in addition to your salary
• Annual ‘Ambitious Stockport’ Awards to recognise colleagues who live our values every day in their professional lives
• For more experienced social workers, the opportunity to be a Practice Educator and mentor a student, which you receive a payment for

About Us

About our model

In Stockport, our model is different to lots of our neighbours. Our focus is on relationships, and we have sought to reduce the number of times that children and families have to re-tell their story and make new relationships with professionals, by taking out the transition points within our social work teams. This offers a unique opportunity for you to gain experience and skills working with children and their families from the point of assessment, throughout their journey within the social care process. That means that you might work with a child until their situation is improved and they can step-down/step out of involvement with children’s social care, or you may support them throughout court proceedings and into permanence. As well as being best for our families, we think that this helps to grow knowledgeable and experienced social workers who are experts in their field.

You will work within One Stockport COMPASS Domestic Abuse Hub in the specialist domestic abuse team alongside colleagues from the police health and the our MAASH (multi agency safeguarding and support hub), as well as locality social work teams and the wader Stockport family teams and services.

Our relentless focus is on striving for the best outcomes possible for our children and families. You will play an important part in delivering outstanding practice and ensuring that children and families are at the heart of all decision-making and service delivery each day.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role for an informal discussion please contact
Jemma Parish - jemma.parish@stockport.gov.uk
Siobhan Martin siobhan.martin@stockprt.gov.uk
Leanne Baines - leanne.baines@stockport.gov.uk

This post is also open as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.

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