Children's Practitioner

Application closing date

07/11/2025

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Salary

G £16,571 - £18,181 a year actual salary (£33,143 - £36,363 a year full time equivalent)

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Job category/type

Social Care - Children

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Job description

Role: Children's Practitioner

Salary: G £16,571 - £18,181 a year actual salary (£33,143 - £36,363 a year full time equivalent)

Location: Locality 1/5 MAT 8-18

Hours: 18.5 hours a week

Closing Date:

Contract Type: Permanent

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children, young people and their families? Do you have the skills to support children's emotional, social and developmental needs?

We are looking for a Part-Time Children's Practitioner to join our caring and committed team

As a Children's Practitioner, you will work directly with children and their families to support wellbeing, build resilience, and ensure the best outcomes. You will provide targeted intervention, individual and group support, and work closely with professionals across education, health and social care.

We have the following vacancies:

1 Part-time Children's Practitioner position to work in the 8-18 Multi Agency Team, based in Locality 1 and 5

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across Locality 1 & 5, you'll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme
• Hybrid working
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity

In the role of Children's Practitioner , here's an example of what you'll be doing to make an impact:

The successful candidates will work as part of our 8-18 Multi Agency Team (MAT) to offer front line services to families in need of targeted intervention.

They will be passionate about delivering individual and group interventions to improve outcomes for children and families.

Responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that parents and carers are given every opportunity and support to assist the development of their strengths and abilities to improve the outcomes for families, children and young people.
• Carry out direct work with children and young people which is child-focused and acknowledges individuality and their wishes and feelings as part of wider assessments and planning of services.
• Manage a caseload, develop tailored support plans and delivering interventions with families based on an assessment of needs.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have…

• At least 2 years' experience of direct work with children, young people and families, working in a multi-agency setting in partnership with parents and carers
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a relevant qualification.
• Contribute to the assessment, planning, creation, implementation and evaluation of service plans for children, young people and families.

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 7 November 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held: week commencing 17 November 2025

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on Relay UK or