🧑‍🤝‍🧑 We’re Hiring – Children’s Senior Practitioner – Children Looked After Service

📍 Location: The Guildhall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
🔖 Reference – SCS2056
🕒 Job Type: Full Time – 37 hours per week
💼 Contract: Initial 3-Month Assignment
💷 Rate: Up to £38 per hour
🏢 Working Pattern: Hybrid
🚗 Driver: Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle required
💼 Start Date: ASAP
📍 Travel: Regular travel throughout Shropshire required, including visits to children, families and placements

About the Role:

Supply Care Solutions is a market-leading Medical and Social Care recruitment consultancy, offering accredited services across the public sector. We provide highly skilled, compliant professionals across all grades and specialisms — including short, long-term, and permanent placements.

We’re currently recruiting for an experienced Children’s Senior Practitioner to join Shropshire Council’s Children Looked After Service on a temporary basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Children’s Social Worker / Senior Social Worker to contribute to the delivery of high-quality services for children and young people who are looked after.

The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload, undertake assessments, complete statutory visits, progress care and pathway plans, and work collaboratively with children, families, carers and partner agencies to safeguard children and achieve positive outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain personal performance and professional development with support from the Team Manager
• Undertake a range of assessments informed by direct intervention and meaningful engagement with children and families
• Develop, progress and review children’s care plans and pathway plans
• Undertake statutory visits to children placed at home, in foster care and residential placements in line with Children Looked After (CLA) requirements
• Manage a varied caseload effectively and ensure statutory responsibilities are met
• Coordinate and participate in care planning, risk management, placement stability, PEP and review meetings
• Provide children, young people and families with appropriate information, advice and support
• Work collaboratively with parents, guardians, foster carers, residential providers and other professionals involved in a child’s care
• Contribute to court-related work, including matters relating to revocation of care orders, Special Guardianship Orders (SGO) and placement order applications
• Participate in the team’s duty system
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date electronic case records and documentation
• Work effectively with partner agencies and professionals to safeguard children and promote positive outcomes
• Ensure children’s voices, wishes and feelings are appropriately considered throughout assessment, planning and review processes
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and risks
• Ensure all work is undertaken in accordance with statutory requirements, Council policies and professional standards

Requirements:

• Recognised Social Work qualification
• Current Social Work England (SWE) registration
• Relevant experience working within Children’s Social Care
• Experience working with Children Looked After / Looked-After Children is highly desirable
• Experience working within a statutory children’s social work environment
• Good understanding of safeguarding and statutory children’s social care procedures
• Experience managing a caseload and completing assessments, care planning and statutory visits
• Strong knowledge of care planning and pathway planning
• Experience working collaboratively with children, families, carers and partner agencies
• Ability to undertake court-related work where required
• Strong written, verbal communication and report-writing skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure
• Full UK driving licence
• Access to your own vehicle and ability to travel throughout Shropshire as required
• Ability to work effectively within a hybrid working arrangement, including attendance at The Guildhall in Shrewsbury

Required Documents:

• Updated CV with clear employment dates and no unexplained gaps
• Proof of Right to Work in the UK
• Proof of National Insurance Number
• Enhanced DBS Certificate
• Social Work England (SWE) Registration Number

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work with Shropshire Council
• Join the Children Looked After Service
• Competitive rate of up to £38 per hour
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Opportunity to support vulnerable children and young people to achieve positive outcomes
• Meaningful role focused on safeguarding, care planning and improving outcomes for children in care
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals and partner agencies
• Support from Supply Care Solutions throughout the placement
• Access to a range of locum and permanent opportunities across the UK

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📝 Apply Now

If you are an experienced Children’s Social Worker / Senior Social Worker with relevant Children Looked After experience and are interested in this opportunity with Shropshire Council, please email the following documents to esther@supplycaresolutions.co.uk:

• Updated CV (in Word format, with no gaps)
• Proof of Right to Work in the UK
• Proof of National Insurance Number
• Enhanced DBS Certificate
• Social Work England (SWE) Registration Number

📞 For more details or to discuss the role, call 020 8506 1111 (Option 1) 

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