Senior Practitioner

About The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Fostering Service for a Senior Practitioner to join one of our three dedicated Kinship Assessment Teams . We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to support with the Quality Assurance of Form K Kinship assessments and support plans , as well as other Quality Assurance tasks across the service, ensuring that assessments are robust, child-centred, evidence-based and completed within required timescales.

Through your leadership and oversight, you will help ensure that assessments and plans are effective in promoting children's welfare, securing permanence and keeping children safe. We are a passionate and committed social work service, led by experienced leaders who are dedicated to supporting, advising and guiding prospective kinship carers throughout the assessment process.

Our work is central to the Trust's commitment to ensuring children can remain within their family networks wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so, helping them achieve the best possible outcomes throughout their childhood.

The service delivers a high-quality, robust and fast-paced assessment service, including Regulation 24 viability assessments, Form K Kinship Fostering Assessments and Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Assessments . We pride ourselves on providing thorough, evidence-based assessments that support timely decision-making and positive outcomes for children and families.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will bring significant experience of kinship assessment work and court proceedings. You will play a key role in supporting and developing a skilled team of Senior Social Workers, helping to drive service excellence and continuous improvement.

You will provide professional guidance, reflective supervision and practice leadership, fostering a culture of learning, development and high-quality social work practice. Working within a supportive and experienced team, you will lead on embedding and enhancing best practice across the service.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner who is passionate about kinship care and making a lasting difference to the lives of children and families. We have been rated as 'Good' by Ofsted, following a 2026 inspection.

This is a fantastic achievement for Birmingham Children's Trust, with many positive highlights focusing on areas including the agency's thorough and detailed assessments that consider the complexity of kinship family dynamics and the commitment to supporting foster carers.

Also, Ofsted recognised the passion, commitment, and expertise of our workforce. The report also reflects positively on the leadership of Foster Birmingham, noting that leaders and managers have a clear vision for the agenc...

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