Advanced Practitioner

Join an ‘Outstanding’ Children’s Service

Looking for your next step in social work? Join a service where children, families and social workers are at the heart of everything we do.

Coventry Children’s Services is proud to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted, a reflection of the passion, dedication and ambition of our teams across the city. We are committed to creating the very best outcomes for children and young people, while also ensuring our workforce feels valued, supported and empowered to thrive.

Why Join Us?

• Highly competitive salary packages
• £1,500 Annual Retention Payment*
• Clear career progression pathways and structured development panels
• Flexible 9-day fortnight working scheme
• Free parking for Social Workers
• Dedicated wellbeing and clinical supervision support
• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days, rising to 32 days
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• Family-friendly and flexible working policies
• Professional Support Service providing administrative support to practitioners
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including car leasing and cycle to work
• Regular wellbeing weeks, activities and support sessions to look after your wellbeing
• A genuinely inclusive culture where diversity, belonging and allyship matter
• And more

What Ofsted Said About Us

“Social workers spoke positively of working in Coventry. The leadership team is reported to be visible and approachable.”

"As adopters of the Race Equality Code, leaders have embraced diversity and adopted a clear anti-racist position."

“By creating a culture of belonging, leaders have done much to strengthen the workforce in Coventry.”

This is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to be part of a supportive, ambitious and forward-thinking service where your work will make a real difference every day.

Come and be part of our journey!

You will assume a crucial role in managing and delivering effective and efficient services for children, young people, and their families.

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We are on the lookout for an Advanced Social Worker (Advanced Practitioner) who shares our commitment to providing the best possible support to our Children, Young People and Families to join us on a full-time permanent basis in our South Area Help and Protection team.

As an Advanced Social Worker, you will oversee a caseload of the most complex cases in children's services and will play a pivotal role in providing coaching, mentoring, and support to both Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and experienced Social Workers. Your expertise will be crucial in guiding and offering professional wisdom in situations of high complexity.

At Coventry City Council, your well-being is our priority. We offer flexible working options, including a flexible nine-day fortnight, to ensure you have more time for what matters most.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and as such, appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

You will be committed and passionate about practice, sharing learning and knowledge and developing others. You will have a solid understanding of and be an advocate for the principles of diversity and inclusion in relation to workplace culture and service delivery.

You will possess a recognised professional Social Work qualification (MA/BA/BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW) and Social Work England registration. You will have experience in working with children and families in a statutory social care setting and demonstrable experience in decision-making on case work from Children in Need to Permanency Planning, including Court Work.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'.

We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!

Interview date: 8 and 9th July 2026

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies