Senior Practitioner - Family Help Team

Bath & North East Somerset Council; West of England; Presencial; GBP 49 000 - 53 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Relocation payments

Laptop and iPhone

Training opportunities

Resumo da oferta

Bath and North East Somerset Council is seeking a Senior Practitioner to join our Family Help Teams, delivering child-focused social work with families where needs are complex. You will manage a caseload, analyse information, write professional assessments and present evidence in court, while developing supervision skills and engaging in ongoing training and professional standards.

We offer a comprehensive induction, regular supervision, and relocation payments for eligible candidates, plus a

Qualificações

• Significant social work experience.
• Ability to analyse information and formulate outcome-focused plans for children and families.
• Confidence in writing professional assessments/reports and presenting evidence in court.

Responsabilidades

• Respond to and coordinate a range of social care services for children and families.
• Undertake single assessments and section 47 investigations.
• Manage a caseload with supervision and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Conhecimentos

Social work experience

Analytical ability

Report writing

Court evidence presentation

Organisational skills

Formação académica

Qualified social worker

Ferramentas

IT systems proficiency

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job reference: HR-11280
Salary: £48,738 - £53,051 per annum (£25.26 - £27.50 per hour)
Closing date: 08/11/2026
Location: Civic Centre, Keynsham
Employment type: Permanent
Job Type: Full Time
Hours Per Week: 37
Advert Start Date: 27/10/2026
Service Area: Children and Young People

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose - to improve people's lives.

• £1,000 after completing 2 years of service
• A further £1,000 after an additional 6 months

If your passion is around collaborative work with families, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and make changes for their children, then we are the Local Authority for you. Working with families to keep children at home wherever possible, our dynamic teams work with families from point of contact through to long term support and intervention. Our practice model is underpinned by relationship-based, systemic approaches to facilitate change, alongside trauma informed practice.

Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Social Care are an innovative small Local Authority focused on therapeutic assessment and support. Rated Good by OFSTED, with continued vision and drive to improve further.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner (with a Social Work qualification) to join one of our Family Help Teams. We are committed to being a dynamic and creative Local Authority, working hard to think differently about how we approach our work with families. We are deeply committed to providing tailored high-quality services and well thought out interventions to families to keep children safe. Our practice is values-driven with a strong ethos of child-focused interventions.

About the role:

You will work in partnership with an enthusiastic team consisting of a Team Manager, Deputy Team Manager, Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Family Help Lead Practitioners and Business Support staff.

This rewarding role will see you responding to, co-ordinating and delivering a range of social care services to children, young people and families in the Bath and North East Somerset area for children subject to Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, Children in Care, and children subject to legal proceedings. The role will include undertaking single assessments and section 47 child protection investigations. You will work closely with our colleagues across the service and have established partnerships with agencies across health, education, support services and adult services to ensure we can respond as effectively as possible to the needs of children, young people, and their families. This includes working alongside our Family Support Plus team who deliver extensive Family Group Conferences to utilise resources and support within families to keep children safe, as well as tailored interventions including the New Way domestic abuse service.

About you:

The post holder will manage their own caseload, which will include children and families with complex needs. You will be able to evidence a strong ability to analyse information and formulate outcome focused plans for children and families, as well as a commitment to driving forward care plans and legal work to protect children and promote children’s outcomes through permanency. Applicants must be confident in writing professional assessments/reports as well as presenting their evidence verbally, including in court proceedings. Applicants need to have very strong organisational skills to manage and prioritise their work effectively and in a timely way and will be committed to working as part of a team to support colleagues in delivering optimum services to children and families.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will have an opportunity to develop your supervisory skills through supervision of a Family Support Practitioner, as well as being able to access Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) training to support a student social worker or taking on a mentoring role for newly qualified social workers on the ASYE programme from other teams.

We are seeking applications from workers who have relevant experience in safeguarding and are looking to enhance and further develop their skills and contribute to service development for vulnerable children in an exciting and dynamic service.

You can expect:

• A comprehensive induction
• Managed caseload; supporting children in need, children subject to child protection plans, and children protected through legal proceedings
• Regular supervision – at a minimum of monthly one to one
• Weekly group reflective supervision to promote thoughtful and creative practice, supported by your peers and managers
• Monthly Peer Circles to ensure strong relationships and support between Senior Practitioners across the teams
• Extensive training opportunities, which include SARI workshops around culturally sensitive practice, opportunities to join a 6-month long training in Systemic Practice delivered by the Centre for Systemic Social Work, attachment-based workshops, and trauma-informed workshops
• Excellent Business Support with staff supporting each team
• Tri-annual Social Work Conferences with guest speakers who are experts in the field. Examples of previous conferences have included Donald Forrester, Brid Featherstone, Rebecca Carr-Hopkins, 'Annie' from Surviving Safeguarding, and Dr Karen Treisman
• Paid Social Work England membership
• Access to Research in Practice
• Laptop and iPhone to promote flexible working, to enhance your work-life balance
• Relocation Payments are available
• A stable leadership team
• A stable and committed team, with very low rates of agency workers, and low vacancy rates

To apply you will have:

• A relevant social work qualification
• Significant social work experience
• Knowledge of the legislative framework that governs children’s services
• Knowledge of theory and practice applicable to social work
• IT skills to enable operation of standard electronic systems
• Passion, commitment, and motivation to support the most vulnerable families in our area

Please note: that this advert may close earlier than the stated closing date due to high demand. We advise all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

About Bath and North East Somerset Council.

Working at Bath and North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

Why Bath and North East Somerset Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.

The Council is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.