Senior Social Work Practitioner

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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: Grade 12 - £43,860 - £47,829 per annum (Pro rata for part time) plus market premium

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 11th January 2026

Interview Date(s): 20th January 2026

Come and be part of our Outstanding First Response Service, Assessment and Screening.

It's an exciting time to be a part of Children and Family Services at Leicestershire County Council, our staff are at the heart of delivering excellent services to children and families across Leicestershire. Come and join us and make a difference to the lives of children and families in Leicestershire.

Our recent Ofsted inspection praised Leicestershire's work to build "strong and long‑lasting relationships" with children and families which lead to many families achieving "positive changes" in their lives. They highlighted an "ambitious and child‑focused senior leadership that has successfully created a culture where the experiences and progress of children at the heart of social work practice".

We have Senior Practitioner roles within the First response, Assessment team. These are exciting opportunities to be part of a diverse and highly skilled team, we are looking for a passionate, dedicated, and child focussed, social worker.

As a Senior Practitioner within the Assessment team, you will be within 1 of 5 team PODs, consisting of a team manager, a senior practitioner and five social workers.

This is predominantly an office‑based role but there is scope to work flexibly which is balanced with meeting the service needs and demands.

You will be expected to produce quality assessments that are timely and proportionate to level of need. As well as support staff on complex assessments, or scenarios where greater experience is required, i.e. care proceedings.

You will lead and present at development meetings, support with service performance and the learning and development of individuals as well as the team.

In Leicestershire we have a fantastic package to provide our workers. This includes the option as a full‑time worker to do hybrid working, celebrating diversity with a range of events throughout the year, recognition of our staff in annual Pride in Practice events, fantastic learning and training opportunities - enabling our staff to develop and progress within their roles and committed wellbeing support.

We are proud of our continuous improvement plan - “Achieving Excellence through Purposeful Practice” which sets out our key values, behaviours and ambitions. We have embedded the Signs of Safety approach throughout our services and this approach mirrors our values of Aspiration, Being Curious and Collaboration. We are focused on working with families and the networks of family, friends and professionals around children, to work in collaboration to achieve shared goals.

We are committed to our vision of becoming a trauma informed responsive department where we believe we are "stronger together". Our culture is one of partnership, where we look for solutions and recognise the potential impact of trauma on the children and families we work with and on our staff. We will strive to create a safe, compassionate, healing environment demonstrated through relationships based on trust, respect, hope and empathy.

We will achieve this through a spirit of curiosity, by nurturing connections through relationships, making a deliberate effort to know and understand people, and by providing hope for growth and recovery.

We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be. We will give you the support and resources that you need to work in collaboration with children and families.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

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• Be a qualified Social Worker holding a Social Work degree or equivalent, e.g., CQSW, DipSW (with…