North Lincolnshire Council has embarked on a journey with Frontline to offer a 2 year intensive fast track programme for graduates and career changers to join the social work profession.

With this comes an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Social Worker, who will be needed to manage and supervise a unit of participants. We are looking for a suitable experienced practitioner. The successful candidate will be offered intensive training focusing on Systemic practice, Motivational interviewing and Evidence based parenting interventions. This is a temporary role up to 01 September 2023.

The Consultant Social Worker plays a pivotal role in this pioneering approach to developing the next generation of outstanding social workers. The Consultant Social Worker’s role is to lead five ‘participants’, supervising and developing these individuals to give them a rich practice learning experience. The Consultant Social Worker must therefore be first and foremost an outstanding child and family social worker themselves, with the knowledge and skills to build purposeful and productive relationships and to use effective social work approaches to help families change. In addition, they must possess the leadership qualities required to tackle the challenges of exposing four participants to the realities of practice in a way that makes them highly effective professionals. We are looking for those individuals who understand good practice and who want to see social work transformed to achieve the best outcomes for children and families.

Whilst candidates must have experience of frontline child protection social work, commitment to and confidence in their own practice is more important than length of experience. Candidates that apply for this role do not need to be trained in the evidence based approaches that form the basis of Frontline’s approach. The successful candidate will undertake the Consultant Social Worker Practice Leadership training, which is a bespoke training programme devised for this role.  

If you are interested in this role please look through this applicant pack which contains further details of the role and person specification and the training opportunity offered.

How do I apply?

Complete your application via the recruitment portal and please answer the following questions within your application:
1. Why do you want to be a Consultant Social Worker ? Which elements of the role are particularly appealing to you?

2. Please give an example of how you have effectively contributed to the professional development of other social workers/students. How have you used supervision and/or leadership to influence change in the person’s practice, and more broadly within your organisation?

3 Please tell us about some feedback (verbal or written) you have received from children and families you have worked with. What did you learn from this feedback and how has this influenced your practice? Consider both what others’ perceive to be your strengths and weaknesses in your answer.

4 Social workers often have high case loads and work in high pressure environments. Please tell us about your approach to managing complexity, uncertainty and competing demands. Please include how you ensure that families receive the best possible support.

If you would like to discuss this post further please contact Stacy Walker on 01724 297847 or e-mail - Stacy.Walker@northlincs.gov.uk 

North Lincolnshire Council do not accept CVs. You must complete the application form via the 'Apply' button.