Job Description

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner within the Intensive Prevention Service. If you are looking for a new challenge and the next step in your career, with a passion to coach and support staff to develop and get the best out of families then this maybe the opportunity you have been looking for.


We are looking for someone who is passionate, creative and supportive, who is looking to join a team who are highly motivated and make a real difference to the children and families of Staffordshire to cover maternity leave

from January 2026 for 12 months

which may get extended.


The Intensive Prevention Service is part of Futures Matters and we support children who are on the edge of care to remain living at home, and we support young people to return home following a period being cared for by us. The underpinning methodology is solution focussed drawing upon relationship and strength-based models of intervention targeted to meet the specific needs of the family.


As a Senior Practitioner you'll offer management support and supervision to the Futures Matters Intensive Family Support Workers. You maybe required to screen and triage referrals into the service offering high challenge/high support.


The Intensive Family Support Workers are responsible for working with young people (8-18 years of age) and their parents to develop a tailored package of support, drawing upon other resources within the team as appropriate.


The Family Support Workers all have differing skill sets, areas of expertise for example NVR, CBT, PACE and are knowledge in delivering a variety of evidenced based interventions from the suite of resources that are available to the team. We also have Young Persons Substance Misuse Worker seconded in to the team. This means we can engage the right support and external services, in a tailored way, to suit the needs of each young person and their family.


Main Responsibilities

You will:

Complete supervision with the Intensive support workers Provide management support to the team Respond to and allocate the referrals made to the service Quality Assure work completed by the Intensive Support Workers Offer high support/High challenge to the team and practitioners in the district regarding packages of support for children on the edge of care Complete observations of practice Attend meetings as and when required Support the Team Manager in the development of the service

The Ideal Candidate

You must have a relevant social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.

We are also looking for you to have,

Experience of working restoratively and creatively with children and families. Experience of leading and motivating staff. Enjoy working within a fast paced service Experience of undertaking supervision. Be creative and be able to think out the box to enable children to remain living within their family.

For an informal discussion please contact Kirsten Booth, Edge of Care Manager on 07815 999066

Interviews will take place beginning week commencing 8 December 2025.

Our Recruitment Process:

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.


About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.


Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:


We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.


We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.


In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities


As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.


As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.