Senior Practitioner

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Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Closing Date:

25/10/2026

Job Category:

Children's Services

Service Area:

Children's Services
- Children's and Families Management

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32days after five  addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension - everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme - eligible employees can lease an electric or low-emission vehicle at a reduced cost through salary sacrifice, subject to National Minimum Wage and other eligibility requirements.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Roles are either ‘site based’ or ‘home based’.

Site based roles are mainly based at the workplace, with the option to work from home for up to two days a week, depending on service needs.

Home based roles are mainly based at home, with the expectation of attending the workplace up to one day a week.

The working arrangement for each role is set by the manager, based on service requirements.

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

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 criteria

At 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.

• Manage complex and sensitive cases, taking timely action to address risks and improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Complete…