Senior Practitioner

We’re recruiting a Senior Practitioner to help deliver positive and lasting outcomes for children and young people across Milton Keynes.You’ll join our Contextual Safeguarding Team, which works with children and young people who may be at risk of harm outside the home. This includes exploitation, serious youth violence, missing episodes and harmful peer relationships. Working closely with young people, families, communities and partner agencies, the team identifies risks, strengthens protective factors and helps create safer environments across Milton Keynes.In this rewarding role, you’ll bring professional leadership to our most complex work. You’ll assess risk, develop clear care plans and make well-informed decisions when children and families need effective support.Your influence will extend beyond your own cases. You’ll guide colleagues, share your expertise and help build confident and consistent social work practice across the team.We’re dedicated, respectful and collaborative in everything we do. If you’re an experienced social worker who’s ready to lead practice while remaining close to children and families, this is the role for you.Interviews for this role will be held on 5th November 2026Additional PaymentsA £6,000 Golden Hello payment (pro rata for part-time roles).Paid as a one-off payment and Retention Payment of up to £4,000 per year, paid retrospectively in two equal instalments of up to £2,000.Payment of your Social Work England professional registration fee.All subject to eligibility criteriaAt Milton Keynes City Council, we aim to make a difference every day. We’re dedicated, respectful and collaborative. We act as one council, and we work hard to create cleaner, safer and healthier communities while tackling inequalities and supporting people to thrive.Find out more about working with us here: www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk