Practice Development Lead

at  Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire’s practice development team is passionate about supporting the learning and development of the social care professional workforce,
This post will interest you if you are an experienced and innovative qualified registered social worker seeking to contribute through embedding current approaches to the development of best practice across both children’s services and adult care prevention and personalisation teams
Working through a hybrid model this is an exciting opportunity to experience innovative ways of working, apply creativity and vision and to be involved in local and national initiatives to develop a competent and confident workforce for the future.
Key priorities for the team are the assessment, support, education and quality assurance of newly qualified social workers and social work students. As a Practice Development Lead, you will also have the opportunity to work alongside the L&D design team to contribute to the design of training materials and deliver training to the existing qualified workforce. Ideally, you will have achieved stage 2 of the Practice Educator Professional Standards or be working towards them.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU:

• 27 days of annual leave plus another 5 once you reach 5 years of continuous service
• Flexi time, allowing up to an additional 2 days of leave per month
• Generous local government pension scheme
• Guaranteed incremental annual pay increases
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts at selected county leisure centres
• and much more!
  If this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Fiona Musselwhite, Practice Development Manager by email Fiona.Musselwhite@derbyshire.gov.uk or by MS Teams
  Provisional Interview date: 12 December 2024

Please refer the Job description for details