Senior Practitioner - Children with Disabilities

All About the Role Are you an experienced social worker ready to take the next step in your career? Do you want to make a lasting difference to the lives of children with disabilities and their families?

Our Children with Disabilities Team is seeking a passionate and ambitious Senior Practitioner to join our growing and evolving service in Peterborough. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist team that supports children and families from the first point of contact through to adulthood.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality social work practice across a diverse range of statutory interventions, including:

• Referrals and Assessments
• Children in Need planning
• Child Protection work
• Looked After Children
• Court proceedings and safeguarding enquiries

You will provide practice leadership and support to colleagues, helping to drive excellent outcomes for children while maintaining high professional standards. Working within the Family Safeguarding model, you will be empowered to use your expertise, creativity and professional judgement to support some of the most vulnerable children and families in our community.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of a service that is ambitious, innovative and committed to continuous improvement.

All About Our Team Our Children with Disabilities Team is a dynamic, supportive and highly valued service dedicated to improving outcomes for children with disabilities and their families across Peterborough's diverse communities.

We support children and young people throughout their journey, from initial assessment through to adulthood. Our work is varied, rewarding and meaningful, providing opportunities to develop expertise across a wide range of social work practice.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We work closely with colleagues across Children's Services, Adult Social Care, Education, Health and our wider partner agencies to ensure families receive the right support at the right time.

Our teams benefit from being based at Sand Martin House, a modern, purpose-built office in the heart of Peterborough. Here, Children's Services, Adult Social Care, Housing, Legal, Commissioning and other key services are easily accessible, making multi-agency working seamless and effective.

We are committed to creating a positive working environment where employee wellbeing, professional development and reflective supervision are prioritised. We operate a flexible hybrid working model, enabling a balance between home working and office-based collaboration.

All About You

We're looking for an experienced and motivated social work professional who is passionate about achieving the best possible outcomes for children with disabilities and their families.

You'll be someone who:

• Is a qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
• Has substantial post-qualifying experience working with children and families.
• Demonstrates strong safeguarding knowledge and experience of statutory social work interventions.
• Has experience of Child Protection, Children in Need, Looked After Children and court work.
• Is committed to relationship-based practice and the principles of Family Safeguarding.
• Thrives in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Is confident in supporting and mentoring colleagues while leading by example.
• Can think creatively, make sound decisions and adapt to complex situations.
• Is passionate about continuous learning, development and improving outcomes for children.

If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your development supported and your impact truly felt, we'd love to hear from you.

Does this sound like somewhere you could flourish? Join us and help shape brighter futures for children with disabilities and their families across Peterborough.

If you would like to speak to the Team Manager regarding this post, Please contact Nicole Hill on 07500523590 for an informal discussion Nicole.Hill@peterborough.gov.uk.

Our Commitments

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are a person who has or considers yourself to have a disability and you require reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Documents

• Senior Practitioner - Children's Services.pdf (177.99 KB)
• Terms and Conditions NJC March 2025.pdf (177.74 KB)