Practice Supervisor - Children with Disabilities Service at Derbyshire County Council

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The Hub, South Normanton

JOB/25/02124

Grade 12 £43,055 - £46,439 per annum Pay award pending

Full Time

Permanent

37 hours per week

20 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has come up for a practice supervisor post within the Children with Disabilities Service. The post is full-time, 37 hours per week in the Amber Valley team, based at The Hub, South Normanton.

The team has experienced and skilled groups of social workers and an excellent manager and is looking forward to welcoming an energetic and dynamic practice supervisor into each team. 

We're proud of our social work practice and commitment to children and their families in Derbyshire, our excellent supervision, systemic practice, manageable caseloads, innovative working, training opportunities and high aspirations for the children we work with.

What will you be doing?

• Providing practice supervision on all case work (group and one to one)
• Personal supervision to Social Workers within the team
• Undertaking a professional practice lead role within their designated area of service.
• Assisting the Team Manager in efficient and effective delivery of the Children's Services Social Work Service.
• Demonstrating and championing systemic practice.
• Embedding Derbyshire's operating model into all social work practice to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families. 

What skills and experience do you need?

• Essential Qualifications (refer to job and person profile for more information).
• Experience of creating rapport and building effective relationships with families.
• Experience in enabling flexible and thoughtful social work practice and positive change.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Kerrie Cooke on 01629 537643.

We believe that hard work and commitment to your role should be rewarded, so we offer a package that will ensure you always feel supported and valued:

• Diverse range of cases providing an exciting, challenging and rewarding career
• Effective leadership and management which helps to reduce risk for our social workers and the children and families they support
• Excellent supervision and a supportive peer network
• Systemic training - for supervision and management
• A development programme (specific to your role) - to enable you to gain confidence and competence in your role and regularly network with your peers across the department
• Access to an excellent range of training and development opportunities, worth over £5000, including leadership and management development.
• Corporate membership with Research in Practice - allowing access to reputable, evidence-based research, training, and resources
• Fantastic opportunities to undertake further formal qualifications and career progression through our career pathways
• DBS check undertaken and paid for by us
• Social Work England registration fee reimbursed

For more information on Children and Family services and becoming a social worker in Derbyshire please visit https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/social-health/children-and-families/social-worker-recruitment/be-a-social-worker-for-derbyshire.aspx 

What benefits do we offer you?

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme
• travel expenses
• discount on leisure centre memberships
• free car parking at most sites
• an in-house counselling service
• occupational health service
• access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
• cycle to work scheme

If you would like to talk to someone informally about this post, please ring and ask for Kerrie Cooke on 01629 537643.

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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We welcome applications from individuals who share our values — being Collaborative, Innovative, Empowered and Accountable. These values describe who we are and what we stand for as a council. They help shape our culture, encourage consistent behaviour and guide how we work together to make a positive difference for both our employees and the residents we serve.

Job Info:

• Company: Derbyshire County Council
• Position: Practice Supervisor - Children with Disabilities Service
• Work Location: South Normanton, Derbyshire
• Country: GB

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