Role: Children’s Practitioner
Salary: Grade G £33.143 - £36,363 a year
Location: Council House, Derby
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 12/07/2026
Contract Type: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Early Help Teams as a Children’s Practitioner. The Staying Together Team works with young people and families who are at risk of entering the care system.
We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed Children’s Practitoners to work as part of our multi-agency teams to provide support and services to young people and families. You will be able to use your excellent peoples skills to build relationships with families to enable them to work on their strengths and develop positive outcomes.
We have the following vacancies:
1 Children’s Practitioner position to work in the Staying Together Team
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 the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Modern office environment
- 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 Multi Agency Team (MAT) 8 – 18 Team to offer front line services to families who are at riskof breakdown. They will be passionate about delivering individual and quality services to improve outcomes for children and families.
Responsibilities will include:
- Ensure that parents/carers are given every opportunity and support to assist the development of their strengths and parenting skills and abilities to improve the outcomes for families and children.
- Carry out direct work with children and young people which is child-focused and acknowledge individuality and wishes and feelings as part of wider assessments and planning of services.
- Manage a caseload, planning and delivering services to 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 theDerby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 12 July 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Thursday 23 July 2026, location TBC
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
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 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
