Advanced Practitioner

Support families, guide colleagues and shape the future of our practice
This is a role where experience meets impact. You’ll support families facing complex challenges while mentoring the next generation of social workers – helping to raise standards across the board and ensuring children and young people receive the care they need to thrive.

Support families, guide colleagues and shape the future of our practice

This is a role where experience meets impact. You’ll support families facing complex challenges while mentoring the next generation of social workers – helping to raise standards across the board and ensuring children and young people receive the care they need to thrive.

Working Style:

You’ll be based in the Borough for 4 days a week, playing a key role in serving the local community. Whether you’re working on the frontline or behind the scenes, you’ll be part of a dedicated team making a real difference to residents’ lives.

What you’ll be doing:

As an Advanced Practitioner, you’ll bring your skills, judgement and experience to some of the most complex and challenging cases. You’ll lead by example, supporting your team with confident decision-making, strong planning and clear, compassionate communication.

You’ll carry a caseload of complex cases yourself, often involving court work or multi-agency planning. You’ll provide second opinions and guidance where needed and will be someone the team can rely on when a case needs deeper insight or a steady hand.

Mentorship is a key part of the role. You’ll support newly qualified and less experienced social workers through coaching and supervision, sharing your practice wisdom and helping them build confidence and capability. You’ll also contribute to service development, represent the team in key meetings and be a voice for quality and continual improvement across our department.

For further details, please review the Job Description and Person Specification

What you’ll bring

You’ll be a qualified social worker with at least three years of post-qualifying experience in children and families social work and be registered with Social Work England. You’ll have a deep understanding of the impact of abuse, neglect and systemic disadvantage, and know how to use trauma-informed, anti-discriminatory and strengths-based approaches to support families.

You’ll have experience supporting children with protection plans, looked after children and care leavers. You’ll be confident in planning for stability and long-term outcomes, and able to manage your work in a performance-focused environment without losing sight of what matters most: the people you support.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need resilience, compassion and a collaborative mindset. You’ll be a clear communicator, a thoughtful mentor and someone who believes in learning and growing – not just for yourself, but for your whole team.

Why join us

At RBKC, we’re all in – investing in our people, our communities and our future.

As an Advanced Practitioner, you’ll have the chance to shape practice across your team and make a lasting difference to children and families. You’ll be supported with ongoing learning, access to evidence-informed tools and resources, and opportunities to develop your leadership skills.

You’ll be part of a stable and high-performing team where your input is respected and your professional growth is prioritised. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, and a culture where your efforts are recognised – not just in outcomes, but in the value you bring every day.

About us

Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places. Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.

As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence. We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.

In this role, you’ll be getting stuck in at every level – from direct work with families to supporting and guiding colleagues through tough decisions. It’s not always easy, but it’s always worthwhile. Every ounce of effort you put in helps us raise standards and build a service that children and families can truly rely on.

Interview Details

Face to face interview 13th October 2025

Enhanced Children and Adult’s Barred list DBS is mandatory for the role

Ready to join us?

We’re all in – are you? If you share our values and have the skills to contribute, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices.

New hires will normally start at the minimum of the pay scale. However, a higher starting salary may be negotiated where a candidate demonstrates exceptional skills, knowledge, or experience.