Senior Practitioner - Children Looked
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Moderate value due to competitive salary and essential social work experience requirement, but limited opportunity for remote work.
- Competitive salary: £44,428 per annum
- Focus on meaningful social work in children's services
- Potential for professional growth in a stable role
- Emphasis on complex case management may be challenging
Pros
- Competitive salary of £44,428 per annum
- Engagement in impactful social work with children and families
- Opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment
Cons
- Full-time commitment may limit work-life balance
- Focus on complex cases may be demanding
- Geographic location may deter some candidates
Who it's for
Mid-career • On-site
Good fit
- Experienced social workers in child services
- Professionals interested in case management
- Candidates who are passionate about advocacy
Not recommended for
- Newly qualified social workers without experience
- Candidates preferring fully remote work
- Individuals uneasy about complex caseloads
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Children Looked After Team to work Full Time based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £44,428 per annum.
Main duties:
- To care manage the most complex cases in the care group.
- Plan, carry out review and evaluate social work practice.
- To assume responsibility within the care group for research and development, including keeping the team, updated, and contributing to the development of service provision/organisation.
- Involve children (age appropriate in a child centred way), young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies in all meetings, which may affect them and listen actively to what they have to say. Signposting for advocacy support if needed or wanted.
- Continually reassess cases in relation to risk and refer to the Team Manager for direction.
- Respect confidentiality and explain when there is a need to share information with others.
- Recognise the expertise of individuals, children, families, carers, groups, individuals and partner agencies about their own circumstances, position and have regard for their wishes and feelings.
- To manage and be accountable with supervision and support for your own social work practice.
- To lead on specific projects as required.
- To play an active role with colleagues in peer group supervision and role development sessions.
- Be able to represent children, young people, families, carers, groups, individuals and partner agencies to access services.
- Work effectively with others, understand what information other parties can offer and share, to improve services offered to children, young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies.
- Work closely with other agencies within the community, both statutory and voluntary in support of preventative strategies.
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner role:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
