Practitioner

As a Senior Practitioner, you will play a key role in maintaining high standards of practice, supporting colleagues, and contributing to the ongoing development of the service.

• Act as a role model and mentor to less experienced colleagues
• Contribute to training and development initiatives
• Maintain and share up-to-date knowledge of legislation, policy and practice
• Support the delivery of consistent, high‑quality social work across the service
• This post is considered by KCC to be a customer‑facing position
• Requires mobility across a wide operational area, including travel across Kent and beyond, including in emergency situations

• Professional registration as a social worker with Social Work England – CQSW, DipSW or equivalent; post‑qualification experience working with children and families
• Experience of systemic practice
• A strong understanding of legislative and policy frameworks
• The confidence to support and guide others in their practice
• The ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and partner agencies
• Commitment to continuous learning and to maintaining high standards of social work practice
• Command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for effective performance of job duties, as required by the Immigration Act (2016)
• Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England

• Access to a broad range of training and development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements to support work‑life balance
• A comprehensive benefits package, £47,990 – £53,446 per annum
• Annual market premium (subject to eligibility)
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible / hybrid working arrangements
• Relocation package (subject to eligibility)
• Access to the Social Care Academy and wider CPD opportunities
• Clear progression pathways

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.