Advanced Practitioner - Children We Care For Service
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Permanent full-time
Salary Up To £51,356 Per Year
At Solihull Council, we pride ourselves on being a Council that is small enough to care, but big enough to make a difference.
We have been rated Good in our most recent Ofsted Inspection in 2025 but continue on our transformational journey, designed to improve the experience of the children and families we work with. Children’s Services is our top priority within our Council Plan, and we are placing children at the heart of all that we do. Were excited to be implementing the Social Care Reforms in Solihull.
We are excited to be recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner for our Children We Care For Service.
We are looking for an exceptional candidate who is passionate about improving the lives of children, young people and their families at this exciting time, here in Solihull.
You will be responsible for ensuring high quality and effective social worker practice within your team and will lead and develop the professional practice of team members and model and facilitate restorative practice.
As Advanced Practitioner you will hold a reduced caseload of complex and challenging children and young people, you will line manage alternatively qualified staff within the social work team and assist and deputise for your Team Manager.
You will support best practice development, through sharing expertise and providing support and development for other practitioners. You will use your social work expertise and a clear child focus to secure the best for our children, young people, and families.
Due to our investment and commitment to ensuring additional resources are in place, our Social Workers have genuinely manageable caseloads, to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children, young people and their families.
You will be Social Work qualified, registered with Social Work England and you will have substantial post qualifying experience of practice with children, families and their carers.
You will also have:
Significant experience working within a pressurised children’s social work environment.
Knowledge of relevant up to date relevant social work legislation, statutory guidance, theories and research and how it impacts on practice.
Excellent spoken and written communicate skills, to enable you build strong relationships with children, young people and their families / carers, as well as wider partners and voluntary agencies.
A full driving license and access to a car, though reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants, where required.
A passion and understanding of permanence for children we care for
We are ambitious in Solihull and are building a stronger Solihull for our children, families and workforce. Connecting Families is the name of Solihull Children’s Services practice framework. At its core Connecting Families demonstrates the beliefs, values and principles of restorative practice and gives us a consistent relationship-based way of practicing to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.
We believe that families and their relational networks are of primary importance and are the most important influence on improving outcomes for children. We believe that children and their family networks are experts in their own lives and experiences and that children and their family networks have strengths, on which they should be empowered to build, and draw on through effective family led decision making. We take the approach that children re in our care for now and not forever – with an ambition to support our children and young people to live within their own relational networks wherever safe to do so.
In return, we offer the opportunity to work in a highly motivated and supportive team where your contribution will really be valued.
We also offer:
Flexible working arrangements
Family and carer friendly policies
Access to the local authority Pension Scheme
Employee benefits including staff discounts, subsidised travel passes, and Cycle 2 Work
Generous annual leave of 25 days a year plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy a further 10 days leave
Our Employee Assistance Programme, a 24-hour independent, free, and confidential advice and support service.
If this role and the fantastic child focused work taking place in our service appeals to you we would love to hear from you by way of an online application.
If you have a specific question regarding this vacancy please contact:
Melissa Taylor – Team Manager – Melissa.Taylor@solihull.gov.uk
Closing Date: 08.06.2026
Interview Date: 17.06.2026
This post will require an enhanced DBS and barring list check.
Join us on our journey for change as we strive to improve the lives of our local children, young people and families.
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