Advanced Practitioner - Children in Need (CIN) Team

Advanced Practitioner - Children in Need (CIN) Team

Location: Leicester City

Pay Rate: £40.00 per hour

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days per week based in the hub)

Leicester City Council is seeking highly skilled and dynamic Advanced Practitioners to join our Children in Need (CIN) Service. In this pivotal position, you will work directly with some of our most vulnerable children, young people, and families, ensuring they receive the targeted help, protection, and support needed to achieve positive, lasting outcomes.

This role offers an exciting dual-focus opportunity: you will maintain a focus on direct, high-quality social work practice while stepping into a key leadership role, mentoring, supporting, and driving professional development for practitioners across the service.

• Deliver high-quality, complex direct social work practice to children, young people, and families in need of support and protection.

• Act as a practice lead, offering support, guidance, and expertise to colleagues across the team.

• Support the professional development of social work practitioners to maintain high standards of practice.

• Work collaboratively within a hub environment 3 days per week to support team cohesion and practice standards.

• Qualified & Registered: Experienced Social Worker registered with Social Work England.

• Practice Expertise: Strong background in Children in Need, Child Protection, or assessment environments.

• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to coach, guide, and mentor social workers and support workforce development.

• Child-Centred Ethos: Passionate about achieving positive outcomes and advocating for children and families.

If you are an experienced Social Worker ready to take the next step in your career and lead practice excellence in Leicester City, we want to hear from you.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations

qualifications

university

education

BA in social work