Salary: £42,839 to £47,181 per annum
Grade: L
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Ready to take the next step in your social care career?
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Advanced Practitioner to join our Mental Health and Specialist Services, working across community and specialist teams to drive high-quality, person-centred practice.
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role, supporting managers, shaping practice, and making a real difference to people with complex mental health and care needs.
About the Role
Working across adults and older adults’ services, you will:
- Deputise for the Team Manager and support operational leadership
- Lead on quality assurance, performance, and practice improvement
- Coordinate and support safeguarding and complex casework
- Provide line management to a small group of Social Care Coordinators and Wellbeing Officers
- Champion strengths-based, trauma-informed and relationship-based practice
- Mentor, coach and support colleagues to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes
You will play a key role in embedding Care Act principles, ensuring practice focuses on wellbeing, personalisation, and meaningful outcomes.
Why This Role Matters
This role sits at the heart of service improvement, driving high standards, strengthening practice, and ensuring that people’s voices, rights and outcomes remain central.
You will influence how we deliver care, respond to complexity, and meet the expectations of the Adult Social Care Assurance Framework.
What We’re Looking For
You will bring:
- Significant experience in adult social care, including complex casework and safeguarding
- Strong working knowledge of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health legislation
- A passion for practice development, mentoring, and quality improvement
- Confidence to lead, challenge and support others in a fast-paced environment
- Experience of risk assessment, strengths-based practice and multi-agency working
What We Offer
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Ongoing training, development and career progression
- Discounts and benefits through Everybody Benefits
- Supportive leadership and a strong learning culture
Be part of a service that is ambitious about quality, committed to continuous improvement, and focused on making a difference every day.
For an informal discussion, please contact the Operational Manager Rachel Simmons on 01609 536812 or email
[email protected]
Key Documents
Job Description and Person Specification Advanced Practitioner Grade L.docx
Total Rewards
Key Dates
Closing Date: Monday 15 June 2026
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026
Interview Date: Week commencing 22 June 2026
Venue for Interview: Harrogate Civic Centre, St Luke’s mount, Harrogate, HG1 2AE
***DBS***
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
