Job description

Location: Derby
Hours: 37 Hours per week
Closing Date: 17th July 2026
Contract Type: Fixed Term – 12 Months

Derby City Council is seeking 2 experienced and motivated Children’s Practitioner’s to join a new, innovative team of Social Workers. This team will focus on safely:

• Reunifying children with their birth families, and
• Supporting children to exit care through legal routes such as Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) and Child Arrangements Orders, in line with the outcomes contained within the Children’s Social Care National Framework and reform programme (Families First for Children).

You will ensure that your practice meets regulatory requirements and is firmly rooted in Derby Children’s Social Care’s strengths-based practice model, placing children and families at the centre of all decision-making.

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