Senior Practitioner

Milton Keynes; Milton Keynes; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Golden Hello

Retention Payment

Registration fee paid

Descripción de la vacante

Milton Keynes City Council is seeking a Senior Practitioner to lead contextual safeguarding work with children and young people at risk in Milton Keynes. You’ll work within the Contextual Safeguarding Team to identify risks, develop clear care plans and make well-informed decisions to keep families safe.

You’ll guide colleagues, share expertise, and help build consistent social work practice across the team, while remaining connected with children and families.

Formación

• Experience leading practice in safeguarding.
• Ability to assess risk and develop care plans.
• Strong collaboration with families and partner agencies.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide professional leadership across complex cases.
• Assess risk and create clear care plans.
• Support and guide junior colleagues.
• Collaborate with partners to improve safeguarding outcomes.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Risk assessment

Care planning

Decision making

Team coaching

Descripción del empleo

We’re recruiting a Senior Practitioner to help deliver positive and lasting outcomes for children and young people across Milton Keynes.You’ll join our Contextual Safeguarding Team, which works with children and young people who may be at risk of harm outside the home. This includes exploitation, serious youth violence, missing episodes and harmful peer relationships. Working closely with young people, families, communities and partner agencies, the team identifies risks, strengthens protective factors and helps create safer environments across Milton Keynes.In this rewarding role, you’ll bring professional leadership to our most complex work. You’ll assess risk, develop clear care plans and make well-informed decisions when children and families need effective support.Your influence will extend beyond your own cases. You’ll guide colleagues, share your expertise and help build confident and consistent social work practice across the team.We’re dedicated, respectful and collaborative in everything we do. If you’re an experienced social worker who’s ready to lead practice while remaining close to children and families, this is the role for you.

Interviews for this role will be held on 5th November 2026

Additional Payments

• A £6,000 Golden Hello payment (pro rata for part-time roles).Paid as a one-off payment and Retention Payment of up to £4,000 per year, paid retrospectively in two equal instalments of up to £2,000.
• Payment of your Social Work England professional registration fee.

All subject to eligibility criteriaAt Milton Keynes City Council, we aim to make a difference every day. We’re dedicated, respectful and collaborative. We act as one council, and we work hard to create cleaner, safer and healthier communities while tackling inequalities and supporting people to thrive.Find out more about working with us here: www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk