Senior Practitioner - Emergency Duty Team - Coventry

Added 14/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner to join an Emergency Duty Team, providing confident and responsive social work intervention outside normal office hours. This is a challenging and rewarding role for a qualified social worker who can make sound professional decisions in urgent and complex situations, while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children, adults and families. You will undertake timely assessments, respond to safeguarding concerns and manage emergencies involving risk, abuse, neglect, domestic abuse, mental health, homelessness and family crisis. Working across service areas, you will coordinate immediate support, make appropriate referrals and liaise with emergency services, health...

Children's DTM - EDT Team - Ealling

Added 09/11/2026

An exciting opportunity is available for a qualified Children’s Duty Team Manager to join an Emergency Duty Team supporting children, young people and families outside standard office hours. This is a key safeguarding role, providing confident, timely and proportionate responses to urgent referrals and ensuring children remain safe during evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays. You will lead and oversee the response to complex and high-risk situations, including child protection concerns, children requiring immediate accommodation, missing children, domestic abuse, looked-after children and urgent placement or care issues. You will assess information, make sound decisions and provide clear management oversight to...

Childrens Social Worker - Independent Reviewing Officer - Gateshead

Added 10/11/2026

An experienced Children’s Social Worker is required to undertake an Independent Reviewing Officer role within a busy children’s services environment. This is an opportunity to help ensure that children and young people who are looked after receive safe, effective and timely care planning, with their welfare, voice and individual needs at the centre of every decision. You will chair statutory reviews for children in care, ensuring that plans remain purposeful, outcomes-focused and compliant with relevant legislation, regulations and guidance. You will provide independent challenge to those involved in a child’s care, monitor progress against agreed actions, and escalate concerns where...

Advanced/Senior Practitioner - Family Help Team - Stoke on Trent

Added 14/11/2026

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced and qualified Social Worker to join a Family Help Team as an Advanced/Senior Practitioner. This is a rewarding role for a confident practitioner who is committed to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families through strengths-based, relationship-focused practice. You will manage a varied and complex caseload, working with families who may require support across a range of areas, including parenting, safeguarding, domestic abuse, neglect, emotional wellbeing and wider social needs. You will complete high-quality assessments, develop effective plans with families and undertake purposeful interventions that promote safety, stability and positive...

Senior Practitioner - Family Help Team - Thurrock

Added 13/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner to join a Family Help Team supporting children, young people and their families. This is an opportunity for a qualified social worker to make a meaningful difference by providing effective, strengths-based support to families experiencing a range of challenges. You will manage a varied caseload, undertaking high-quality assessments and developing plans that promote children’s safety, wellbeing and positive outcomes. Working collaboratively with families and partner agencies, you will help identify strengths, reduce risk and coordinate practical and therapeutic support. You will maintain accurate records, prepare reports and contribute to meetings, reviews...

Social Worker / Senior Practitioner - Integrated Front Door / MASH Team - Staffordshire

Added 09/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced Social Worker or Senior Practitioner to join an Integrated Front Door / Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) team in Staffordshire. This is an opportunity to play a key role in responding to contacts and referrals, assessing risk and need, and ensuring children, adults and families receive the right support at the right time. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across social care, health, education, police and other partner agencies to gather and analyse information, identify safeguarding concerns and determine appropriate next steps. Responsibilities will include completing proportionate assessments, contributing to strategy discussions, making timely decisions, signposting...

Social Worker / Senior Practitioner - Child in care and care leavers Team - Staffordshire

Added 09/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced Social Worker or Senior Practitioner to join a Child in Care and Care Leavers team, supporting children and young people to achieve positive, lasting outcomes. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference by promoting stability, safeguarding, and successful transitions into adulthood. You will manage a varied caseload of children in care and care leavers, completing high-quality assessments, care planning and reviews. You will develop effective relationships with children, young people, carers, families and partner agencies, ensuring that their voices, wishes and feelings remain central to all decisions. You will also contribute to permanence...

Senior Practitioner - Assessment and staying together team - Staffordshire

Added 09/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner to join an Assessment and Staying Together Team in Staffordshire. This is an opportunity for a qualified social worker to play a key role in improving outcomes for children, young people and their families through effective assessment, planning and intervention. You will manage a varied caseload involving children who may be at risk of harm or in need of additional support. Working within relevant legislation, statutory guidance and professional standards, you will complete high-quality assessments, identify strengths and risks, and develop clear, outcome-focused plans. You will work collaboratively with children, parents,...

Senior Practitioner - Extra Familial Harm Team - Southwark

Added 06/11/2026

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Practitioner to join our Extra Familial Harm Team in Southwark. This role is pivotal in addressing and mitigating the risks of extra familial harm to children and young people within our community. As a Senior Practitioner, you will lead a dynamic team, providing high-quality social work services that promote the welfare and safety of vulnerable individuals. Your key responsibilities will include: Conducting thorough assessments of children and young people at risk of extra familial harm. Developing and implementing effective intervention plans in collaboration with families and multi-agency partners. Providing supervision and support...

Senior Practitioner - Complex & Enduring Team - Birmingham

Added 06/11/2026

An experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner is required to join a Complex and Enduring Team in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified social worker to support adults with severe and enduring mental health needs, helping them to achieve greater independence, stability and quality of life. You will manage a complex caseload and undertake comprehensive assessments, reviews and safeguarding enquiries in line with relevant legislation, policies and professional standards. Working in a strengths-based and person-centred way, you will develop, implement and review care and support plans, ensuring that individuals, families and carers are meaningfully involved in decision-making. You...

Senior Practitioner - Family Help CIN Team - Birmingham

Added 31/10/2026

Are you a dedicated and experienced social worker looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of families? We are seeking a Senior Practitioner to join our Family Help Children in Need (CIN) Team in Birmingham. In this vital role, you will lead and support a dynamic team in delivering high-quality services to vulnerable children and their families, ensuring their safety and well-being. As a Senior Practitioner, your key responsibilities will include: Conducting comprehensive assessments to identify the needs of children and families. Developing and implementing effective intervention plans in collaboration with families and other professionals. Providing supervision and...

Senior Practitioner - MASH Team - Bromley

Added 16/10/2026

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Practitioner to join our Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Team in Bromley. In this pivotal role, you will lead in assessing and managing complex safeguarding cases, ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable children and families within our community. Your expertise will directly contribute to the development of effective interventions and support systems, collaborating with various agencies to promote best practices in child protection. Key responsibilities include: Conducting thorough assessments of safeguarding concerns and determining appropriate interventions. Providing expert guidance and support to social work staff, promoting professional development and best practice. Collaborating...

Senior Practitioner - Duty & Short Term Help - Walsall

Added 13/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner to join a Duty and Short-Term Help service. This is an opportunity for a qualified social worker to provide responsive, strengths-based support to children, young people and their families at times when they need help quickly and effectively. You will take responsibility for responding to new referrals, assessing presenting needs and risks, and determining the most appropriate support or intervention. Working within a short-term framework, you will undertake proportionate assessments, develop clear plans with families, and review progress within agreed timescales. You will work collaboratively with families and partner agencies to...

Senior Practitioner - Safeguarding - Peterborough

Added 12/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced and committed Senior Practitioner to join a safeguarding social work service in Peterborough. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children, young people and families by promoting their safety, wellbeing and long-term outcomes. You will work within a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment where professional curiosity, sound judgement and relationship-based practice are valued. As a Senior Practitioner, you will manage a complex caseload involving child protection, children in need and safeguarding enquiries. You will complete high-quality assessments, develop and review effective plans, undertake statutory visits and ensure that children’s voices, wishes and feelings remain...

Senior Practitioner - MASH - Luton

Added 10/11/2026

We are seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner to join a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) team supporting children, young people and families. This is an opportunity for a qualified social worker to play a key role in safeguarding children, assessing risk and ensuring that concerns are responded to promptly, proportionately and effectively. You will provide professional leadership within the team, offering advice and guidance to social workers and partner agencies on safeguarding referrals, information-sharing and thresholds for intervention. You will oversee the screening and prioritisation of contacts, contribute to strategy discussions and help ensure that decisions are evidence-based, child-focused and compliant...