Practice Supervisor - Children with a Disability

Kirklees Council; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market Rate Supplement £3000 pro rata

Job summary

Kirklees Council in the United Kingdom is seeking a Practice Supervisor to support and direct social work practice for children and families. You will supervise a small team working with children in need, safeguarding plans, or looked-after children, coordinating with education and health partners to ensure appropriate support.

We provide an induction programme, dedicated supervision, and broad CPD opportunities.

Qualifications

• We have a strong focus on safeguarding and promoting welfare of children.
• We build strong relationships with partners to ensure right support for families.
• Experience mentoring students and newly qualified social workers.
• Desire to raise standards of social work and practice.
• Clear understanding of high quality social work assessment and planning.
• Experience chairing multi-agency meetings.
• Ability to provide high challenge and high support to staff.

Responsibilities

• Supervision and day-to-day support of a small team of social workers.
• Collaborate with education and health partners to secure right support for children and families.
• Provide leadership and direction to staff to deliver exceptional services.
• Induction, supervision and CPD opportunities for practitioners.
• Support and development within a DBS-checked framework.

Skills

Relationship building

Multi-agency meetings

Staff supervision

Safeguarding knowledge

Mentoring / coaching

Leadership & direction

Challenge and support

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation

Kirklees

Directorate

Children & Families

Service Area

Family help, Permanence & Safeguarding

Hours

37

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Across Kirklees

Position type

Permanent

Grade

Grade 13

Salary

£49,817 - £51,928

Enhancements / additional payments details

Market Rate Supplement of £3000 pro rata will apply which is reviewed annually

Advert Wording

At Kirklees we want to be innovative and creative in the way we work to deliver our services. We are always looking for better and smarter ways to work and are seeking to recruit a practice supervisor to support and direct social work practice The role of practice supervisor is integral to the delivery of high quality practice to achieve the best outcomes for our children and families.

Do You

• Build strong relationships with partners to support families get the right support at the right time.
• Have a commitment to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare?
• Have a strong track record of supporting the development of others through supporting students and newly qualified social workers?
• Have a desire to improve the standards of social work as we strive towards outstanding practice?
• Have a clear understanding of what high quality social work assessment and planning looks like?
• Have experience of chairing multi-agency meetings?
• Evidence the skill of offering high challenge and high support to those you are working with?

We are looking for an experienced social worker who are ready to take the next step in their professional career. Within this role you will be responsible for the supervision and day to day support of a small team of social workers who are working with children under a child in need, child protection plan or looked after children. You would be working closely with partners such as education and health to ensure that children and their families have the right support.

We recognise the need to support our practitioners in order to develop and enhance their skills and experience, you will be expected to share your expertise, provide leadership and direction to your staff which in turn will enable them to provide exceptional services to our children, young people and their families.

In return we will provide you with a comprehensive induction programme, dedicated supervision and a range of comprehensive Continuous Professional Development opportunities.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date

27 September 2026, 11:55 PM