80 senior practitioner jobs found

Our client Birmingham's Children's Trust is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join their Family Help service. Job Purpose To provide a high-quality, statutory social work service within the Family Help model, working collaboratively with children, young people, and their families to safeguard and promote welfare, reduce risk, and achieve sustainable outcomes. The postholder will hold a caseload of children and families requiring targeted early help, statutory assessment, or Child in Need (CIN) planning, ensuring interventions are timely, strengths-based, and trauma-informed, aligned to the Family Help approach. Key Responsibilities 1. Case Management and Statutory Duties Manage a diverse caseload including: Child in Need (Section 17) Pre-proceedings / Public Law Outline (where applicable) Step-up cases requiring safeguarding oversight Complete high-quality statutory assessments, including: Children & Families Assessments Risk assessments and safety plans Take...

Lead Social Worker – Children & Families Location: Birmingham, West Midlands Rate: £33.29 per hour (Umbrella) Contract: Agency/Locum Hours: Full Time We are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead Social Worker to join a dedicated Children & Families team in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced children's social worker looking to take on a leadership role while managing a complex caseload and supporting the development of colleagues. The Role As a Lead Social Worker, you will play a key role in improving the quality of social work practice across the full casework journey for children, young people, and their families. You will manage complex cases, provide professional guidance to less experienced social workers, and help drive high standards of safeguarding practice across the team. Key Responsibilities * Manage an allocated caseload, including complex child protection and children in need cases. * Deliver high-quality, needs-led...

About the Role Coventry City Council is seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner to join its West Help & Protection Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and motivated social work professional to take on a leadership-focused role within a supportive frontline safeguarding service. Rate: £33.30 per hour (Umbrella) As a Senior Practitioner, you will play a key role in supporting the Team Manager and driving high-quality practice across the team. You will work closely with Social Workers, helping to maintain performance standards, promote best practice and ensure positive outcomes for children and families. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced practitioner who is confident managing complex safeguarding work while also supporting colleagues with professional development and performance improvement. Key Responsibilities Supporting the Help & Protection Team with practice and performance management Assisting Team Managers in the oversight of...

About the Role Coventry City Council is seeking an experienced Team Advanced Practitioner to join its West Social Worker Case Holding Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Children's Social Worker to work within a busy frontline service supporting vulnerable children, young people and families. Rate: £33.30 per hour (Umbrella) As a Team Advanced Practitioner, you will work within a case holding team managing and supporting a range of statutory children's social care cases. The role involves working directly with children and families where significant support, intervention and safeguarding planning is required. The team works with: Children in Need Children subject to Child Protection Plans Looked After Children Children accommodated under Section 20 Families in the pre-proceedings process Cases where care proceedings are being initiatedYou will play a key role in ensuring children receive timely and effective support, protection and permanence planning...

Senior Practitioner / Complex Caseworker Location: Ilford, Greater London Rate: £37.08 per hour (Umbrella) Contract: Full Time | Temporary/Locum We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Practitioner / Complex Caseworker to join a service in Ilford, Greater London. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner to take responsibility for complex cases, provide specialist support, and contribute to the continuous improvement and development of the service. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality outcomes for service users, using your professional expertise to manage challenging situations, provide guidance, and support effective service delivery. Key Responsibilities * Manage a complex caseload and undertake high-quality assessments and interventions. * Take responsibility for specific tasks, projects or areas of specialist practice. * Provide professional advice, guidance and support to colleagues where required. * Work...

Deputy Room Manager - Early Years Location: Near Edenbridge Contract: Full Time, Permanent Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience Are you an experienced Early Years Practitioner ready to take the next step in your career? Or are you already a Deputy Room Manager looking for a fresh opportunity within a welcoming and supportive nursery setting? Academics is working with a fantastic nursery near Edenbridge to recruit a passionate and dedicated Deputy Room Manager to join their team. This is a wonderful opportunity to support the Room Manager in delivering outstanding care and education while helping children flourish during their early years. The Role As Deputy Room Manager, you will: Support the Room Manager with the day-to-day running of the room. Lead the room in the Room Manager's absence. Deliver engaging activities in line with the EYFS curriculum. Build positive relationships with children, parents and colleagues. Support, motivate and mentor Early Years...

Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist - Reablement Team Hackney, London | £34.34 per hour Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist/Physio with a passion for helping people regain their independence? Join an exciting new Reablement at Home pilot service with the London Borough of Hackney and play a key role in transforming adult social care. This innovative therapy-led service is designed to support adults in achieving person-centred goals within their own homes, promoting independence, reducing reliance on long-term care, and facilitating safe, effective hospital discharges. The Role As an Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, strengths-based reablement interventions that empower individuals to regain confidence and independence in daily living. Working closely with the Integrated Discharge Service, you will assess, monitor, and review therapy-led reablement programmes, ensuring service users achieve agreed outcomes within a...

SEN Teaching Assistant - Special SchoolSandwell | Full-Time | September 2026 Start Not every Teaching Assistant role is the same. Some roles are about helping pupils complete worksheets. This role is about helping young people build confidence, develop independence, overcome challenges and celebrate achievements that others may take for granted.Hays Education is working in partnership with a welcoming and well-resourced special school in Sandwell that supports pupils with a range of additional needs, including Autism, learning difficulties, communication needs and social, emotional and mental health challenges.The school is looking to appoint a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join their team for the new academic year. What You'll Be Doing Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups. Helping students engage with learning and achieve their individual targets. Encouraging communication, social interaction and emotional wellbeing. Supporting pupils during lessons, breaktimes,...

Our client Rochdale Borough council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Children with disabilities team. As a senior social worker, you will be vital in the service to support the social workers and advanced practitioner. You will be responsible for undertaking statutory assessments in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014. This includes identifying and assessing a child's needs, strengths, and risks, and developing person-centred care and support plans in partnership with children, families, and multidisciplinary professionals. You will manage the more complex case work alongside supporting lesser experienced social worker where needed. You will also have opportunity to deputise for the advanced practitioner. In return for your commitment we can offer you the following: - A manageable caseload - to support you in engaging in real direct work with children and families - TOIL to fit around your family and personal life - Regular reflective...

Our client Sheffield City Council is looking for an Advanced Social Work Practitioner to join their LADO service. We are looking for an experienced, social work qualified professional who brings sound judgement, curiosity and confidence to complex safeguarding work. You will be comfortable offering challenge where needed, while maintaining respectful and constructive relationships with senior leaders, employers and partners. You will be part of a team of three full‑time equivalent LADOs, working collaboratively to ensure consistent, proportionate and timely responses to concerns and allegations about adults in positions of trust. The team is well‑regarded by partners and offers a strong peer network for reflection, consultation and shared learning. As a LADO, you will hold a central leadership role within the safeguarding partnership, ensuring that allegations and concerns about adults who work with children are managed in line with statutory guidance and local procedures. You...

Our client Wirral MBC is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join their MASH Adult Safeguarding Team. Agency cover for an Advanced Practitioner Social Worker to join our Adult Safeguarding Team in Wirral. We are looking for the right person who has safeguarding experience and has been in an advanced practitioner role. An enthusiastic and self-motivated person to work as a key member in our team, ensuring the highest quality of professional safeguarding practice is delivered in line with legislation, policies, procedures and best practice. To work with key stakeholders at the start of safeguarding enquiry and during the enquiry, ensuring collaborative risk management and defensible decision-making practice. Working closely with another Advanced Practitioner in the team, Team Manager and Senior Manager by supporting the day to day running of the team. Providing professional supervision and advice to several Experienced Social Workers and a Care Navigator. Providing a...

Job Title: Unqualified Nursery Practitioner / Nursery Assistant Location: Gainsborough (or nearby area) Job Type: Full-time / Part-time / ad-hoc as required Hours: 15 - 30 hrs per week We are working with a friendly and caring nursery dedicated to giving every child a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment to grow, learn, and play. Role Overview: As an unqualified nursery practitioner, you will assist the senior staff in delivering high-quality childcare. You will support with daily routines, play, meals, hygiene, and general supervision of children. Key Responsibilities: * Encourage and support children's learning through play * Help with setting up and tidying activity areas and resources * Assist with mealtimes, nappy changes / toileting, sleep routines * Always supervise children safely * Build positive relationships with children and parents / carers * Follow nursery policies on health & safety, safeguarding, behaviour * Help maintain a clean, safe, and...

About the Role Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker (Advanced Practitioner level) to join its Safeguarding & Support Team. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and restorative local authority, managing complex safeguarding cases while making a positive impact on the lives of children and families. The Safeguarding & Support Team works with: Children in Need Child Protection Court proceedings Adoption workAs a restorative local authority, we are committed to working in partnership with children, families, and partner agencies to achieve the best possible outcomes. We offer reflective supervision, prioritise staff wellbeing, and promote a strong and supportive team culture. Key Responsibilities Manage and respond to allocated safeguarding work in line with legislation, policies, and procedures. Undertake assessments in accordance with the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their...

Aatom Recruitment is looking for Project Manager on behalf of a Local Authority. Job Title: Project Manager Contract Duration: 6 Months Hours Per Week: 37 Work Pattern: Minimum 1 day in the office and the rest as required. Principal purpose of the role: * To lead and manage the successful delivery of business change projects by overseeing planning, execution, governance, stakeholder engagement and transition to business-as usual, ensuring alignment to project scope, costs and timeline. Main activities of the role: * Lead the planning, execution and delivery of projects working within project; scope, budget (i.e. resources, costs / savings targets) and timeline. * Work closely to support the business lead and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), providing professional advice tailored specifically for the circumstances of each project. Where necessary, deputise for the Business Planning and Change Manager in their absence. * Prepare and present...

Data Protection Manager (6-Month Fixed-Term Contract) Location: Ashford, Kent - HYBRID - 2 days office / 3 days home Job Type: Fixed-Term Contract (6 Months) Hours: 37.5 hours per week Diamond Search Recruitment is delighted to be supporting our client in the recruitment of an experienced Data Protection Manager for a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Ashford, Kent. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Data Protection or Information Governance professional to join a well-established organisation, leading the operational delivery of data protection and information governance across the business. Working closely with senior leadership, you will ensure compliance with UK GDPR, Data Protection legislation and Information Governance best practice while acting as the organisation's internal expert on all data protection matters. Key Responsibilities * Operational delivery of Data Protection and Information Governance across the organisation. * Manage Data...

Position: Project Manager Location: Jubilee house, Falconers chase, Wymondham, NR18 0WW Start Date: ASAP Contract Duration: 6+ Months Working Hours: 36 hours per week Pay Rate: PAYE: £ 212.50 per day Job Reference: OR(phone number removed)      Job Responsibilities Lead the planning, delivery and successful completion of business change projects within agreed scope, budget and timescales. Manage the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, transition and closure. Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, risk registers, issue logs, dependencies and resource requirements. Provide professional project management advice and support to business leads and Senior Responsible Owners (SROs). Prepare and present project reports, updates and recommendations to stakeholders, including senior leaders. Facilitate workshops to gather requirements, resolve issues and support effective decision-making. Monitor project progress, performance and...

Assistant Headteacher (Key Stage 2) 🌟 📍North West London | 💷 Up to £70,000 | Full-Time |September (or sooner by negotiation) Ready to take the next step into senior leadership? SANZA Teaching Agency is delighted to be partnering with a highly respected and ambitious primary school in North West London to recruit an exceptional Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced middle or senior leader who is passionate about raising standards, developing staff and ensuring every child achieves their full potential. Working alongside an inspirational Headteacher and experienced leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of the school while leading teaching and learning across Key Stage 2. The Role As Assistant Headteacher, you will provide strategic leadership across Years 3-6, ensuring consistently high standards of teaching, learning and pupil outcomes. Your...

Lead Teacher of Alternative Provision - Rochdale Start: September 2026 | Full Time | Permanent Opportunity Pay: Competitive & Negotiable | Hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm Tradewind are recruiting! Are you an experienced SEND teacher with senior leadership experience looking for an opportunity to shape and develop an innovative Alternative Provision setting? Do you have a passion for supporting young people with SEMH and SEND needs who are at risk of exclusion or disengagement from education? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your career. Tradewind Recruitment is proud to be working with a developing Alternative Provision in Rochdale that is committed to delivering trauma-informed, relationship-led education for pupils aged 11-16. We are seeking an ambitious and compassionate AP Lead Teacher to help drive provision, support staff development, and create meaningful outcomes for vulnerable young people. The Role: AP Lead Teacher This is an exciting opportunity for a...

Social Worker - Duty & Assessment - Wigan- £39 per hour We are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker to join a fantastic Children's Assessment and Safeguarding Service in Wigan. The role of the Advanced Practitioner will be to carry out the function of statutory Children's Services and the remit of the Assessment and Safeguarding Teams in completing single assessments and section 47 enquiries. You will hold a mixture of cases ranging through CIN, CP and Court cases, although you will be expected to hold the more complex cases which is reflected in your level of experience. The benefits of this Advanced Practitioner role: £39 per hour Small and friendly local authority with strong multi agency partnerships and a visible senior management team Condensed hours such as 37 over 4 days available Differing start/finish times Remote & office working and flexi Personal and case supervision is held monthly They offer extensive training opportunities, parking permits...

Our client Wirral MBC is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join their MASH - Adult Safeguarding team. Advanced Practitioner Social Worker to join our Adult Safeguarding Team in Wirral. We are looking for the right person who has safeguarding experience and has been in an advanced practitioner role. An enthusiastic and self-motivated person to work as a key member in our team, ensuring the highest quality of professional safeguarding practice is delivered in line with legislation, policies, procedures and best practice. To work with key stakeholders at the start of safeguarding enquiry and during the enquiry, ensuring collaborative risk management and defensible decision-making practice. Working closely with another Advanced Practitioner in the team, Team Manager and Senior Manager by supporting the day to day running of the team. Providing professional supervision and advice to several Experienced Social Workers and a Care Navigator. Providing a consultation service to...