Advanced Social Worker Practitioners - Locality Teams

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking an experienced Advanced Social Work Practitioner to join our Locality teams. You will combine direct work with children and families with a practice leadership role, handling a complex caseload while guiding colleagues across the team.

This role emphasizes safeguarding, multi‑agency collaboration and high-quality, relationship‑based social work with ongoing professional development opportunities through reflective supervision.

Qualifications

• Recognised social work qualification and Social Work England registration.
• Significant post-qualification experience working with children and families.
• Strong safeguarding, assessment and risk management skills.
• Experience of Child Protection, Children in Need and Care Proceedings work.
• Ability to coach, mentor and support colleagues.
• Confidence in complex decision making and multi-agency working.
• Commitment to achieving the best outcomes for children and families.

Responsibilities

• Direct work with children and families within Locality teams.
• Provide practice leadership, guidance and coaching to colleagues.
• Undertake assessments to support effective decision making.
• Manage risk and promote high-quality, relationship-based social work.
• Support service development and progression of practice leadership.

Skills

Advanced practice leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Risk assessment & management

Multi-agency collaboration

Decision making under pressure

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Social Work England registration

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your social work career?

At Nottingham City Children's Services, we're committed to helping social workers develop, thrive and progress throughout their careers.

We are looking for experienced social workers to join our Locality team as Advanced Social Work Practitioners.

Our front line Locality Teams have recently been reshaped to reflect the Family First Partnership reforms to ensure that children receive help and support from the right person at the right time, with seamless support from both their professional and family network.

As an Advanced Social Work Practitioner, you'll combine direct work with children and families with a key practice leadership role. You'll hold a caseload of complex children and family work, while providing guidance, coaching and support to colleagues across the team.

Working across Child in Need, Child Protection and Care Proceedings, you'll use your knowledge and experience to undertake assessments to support effective decision making, manage risk, and help achieve positive outcomes for children and families. You'll play an important role in developing practice, supporting less experienced social workers and promoting high-quality, relationship-based social work.

This is an ideal opportunity for experienced practitioners who are passionate about practice excellence and want to extend their influence beyond their own caseload while continuing to work directly with children and families.

You'll bring:

• A recognised social work qualification and Social Work England registration
• Significant post-qualification experience working with children, young people and families
• Strong safeguarding, assessment and risk management skills
• Experience of Child Protection, Children in Need and Care Proceedings work
• The ability to coach, mentor and support colleagues
• Confidence in complex decision making and multi-agency working
• A commitment to achieving the best outcomes for children and families

Through reflective supervision, coaching and ongoing professional development, you'll be supported to strengthen your practice leadership skills and continue progressing your career within a service that values learning, development and professional excellence.

Our career pathway recognises growing expertise, professional influence and leadership, creating opportunities to progress into management roles while continuing to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people and families across Nottingham.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Friday 31st October 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a sufficient number of applications be received.