Practice Educator Development Worker

Are you an experienced social worker with expertise in working with vulnerable adults or adults with disabilities /mental health issues ?

Are you keen to work with students and have a qualification and experience in Practice teaching ?

The Practice Development Team in the Adult Care and Wellbeing Service want to hear from you! .

We have a vacancy for a fulltime (37 hrs) Practice Educator Development Worker. You would be supporting ,assessing and faciliating the learning of students in the role as Practice Educator. This could also involve supporting newly qualified social workers as an ASYE assessor .In addition you would be involved in promoting reflective practice via group work with students and newly qualified social workers and strengthening our links with the universities in Sheffield .

The Practice Development team is committed to embedding a learning culture across The Adult Care and Wellbeing service so the post holder would be involved in additional activities to assist in this objective .

Please contact Jane Phipp-MacIntyre , Workforce Development Manager for further information on 07964943439

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.