Senior Practitioner
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33.30 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Worcestershire, West Midlands |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Total Social |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 202511251646612DMS |
Summary
Total Social are working with Worcestershire Children First who are looking for an experienced locum Children's Senior Practitioner Supporting Families First Team.
The aim of Supporting Families First is to enable families to create and sustain positive changes to prevent children from becoming children in need of protection or coming into Local Authority care.
We are keen to engage with committed, passionate and enthusiastic children and family social workers who meet the attached Person Specification to work as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner in the Redditch/Wychavon Pod.
Within the role you will be the allocated Advanced Social Work Practitioner leading on plans and intervention with multi-disciplinary workers who are assigned to the support the family. The primary caseload of Supporting Families First is Child in Need with some challenge to care work.
As an Advanced Social Work Practitioner your responsibilities will include the coordination of our multi-disciplinary workers to effectively support our families. You will also hold supervisory responsibility for non-social work qualified staff within your pod and you will also utilise the Worcestershire Webstar to form a family plan that aspires to facilitate sustainable change.
Qualifying candidates require at least three years’ post-qualifying experience in direct / permanent employment of an English local authority in children’s services.
The aim of Supporting Families First is to enable families to create and sustain positive changes to prevent children from becoming children in need of protection or coming into Local Authority care.
We are keen to engage with committed, passionate and enthusiastic children and family social workers who meet the attached Person Specification to work as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner in the Redditch/Wychavon Pod.
Within the role you will be the allocated Advanced Social Work Practitioner leading on plans and intervention with multi-disciplinary workers who are assigned to the support the family. The primary caseload of Supporting Families First is Child in Need with some challenge to care work.
As an Advanced Social Work Practitioner your responsibilities will include the coordination of our multi-disciplinary workers to effectively support our families. You will also hold supervisory responsibility for non-social work qualified staff within your pod and you will also utilise the Worcestershire Webstar to form a family plan that aspires to facilitate sustainable change.
Qualifying candidates require at least three years’ post-qualifying experience in direct / permanent employment of an English local authority in children’s services.