Advanced Practitioner; Kinship Service

About The Role

Working Hours:

35 hours per week.

Contract Type:
Full time / Permanent.

Additional Payment:
Essential car user allowance / £5,000 market rate supplement.

Closing Date: 19th June 2026.

Interview Method:
In person (Face to face).

We have an Advanced Social Work Post available in the Kinship Service. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the team, working with families, developing the support offer and working with families and partners to increase the number of our children who are able to achieve permanence via a Special Guardianship Order.

• Two references; 3 years’ employment history where possible.
• Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.
• Full valid driving licence and ownership of a car – essential car user.
• Disclosing DBS check as required by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

• Find ways to improve the service and help the team support Manchester's children to be safe and to thrive.
• Develop the support offer to Special Guardians in Manchester.
• Lead on staff awareness and best practice in this area.
• Support the Kinship and Children’s Teams to achieve our joint ambition for our Kinship families.
• Lead on work with the ASGSF, the Family Hubs and the Fostering Hives model of support.
• Undertake effective work with children, kinship families, colleagues, partner agencies and our legal department.
• Contribute to tracking and increasing the number of Special Guardianship Orders granted in the Courts.
• Understand the law and the family justice system undertaking ongoing research.
• Undertake Special Guardianship assessments and support plans, demonstrating effective analysis, decision making, planning and review.
• Role model the 'Our Manchester' behaviours.

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
• People currently in care, or who have previously been in care.
• People who consider themselves disabled or have a long‑term health condition.

As a disability‑confident employer we provide support for employees with physical or mental‑health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity, and offer workplace adaptations and flexible working.