Senior Practitioner - Children’s Social Work Team (CSWT)

Role Responsibility

Looking to develop your best practice?

We are the right team, at the right time, in the right place – and we’re looking for two experienced Senior Practitioners to join our Dartford Children’s Social Work Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to take the next step in your career with KCC, where children truly are at the centre of everything we do.

About You

You will be a professionally registered Social Worker, holding a recognised qualification (CQSW, DipSW or equivalent), with a range of post‑qualification experience working with children and families.

You will bring:

- Strong experience of systemic practice

- An in‑depth understanding of legislative and policy frameworks

- Confidence in managing complex cases and supporting best practice

- A commitment to continuous learning and professional development

- A collaborative approach, working effectively with colleagues and partner agencies across the statutory, voluntary and private sectors

As a Senior Practitioner, you will act as a role model, supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues and contributing to the development of high‑quality social work practice across the team.

If you share our vision of excellent, child‑centred social work, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

As a Senior Practitioner, you will:

- Manage a complex and varied caseload

- Provide practice leadership, guidance and reflective support to colleagues

- Contribute to training and development initiatives

- Build and maintain strong professional relationships with partner agencies

- Represent Children’s Services in court and multi‑agency forums

- Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of child development theory, legislation, policy and practice, sharing learning across the team

Rewards and Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, Kent County Council offers:

- A strong commitment to professional development and career progression

- A comprehensive learning and development framework

- An attractive benefits package

- Flexible working arrangements to support work‑life balance

- A genuine focus on health, wellbeing and resilience

- Supportive, regular and high‑quality supervision

We know that as a Social Worker you want to make a difference – and at KCC, you’ll be given the support and opportunity to do just that.

Join us and help shape the future for children and families in Kent.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information, please contact:

Charles.okoh@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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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.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.