Senior Practitioner – 16+ Care Leavers Service 📅 Closing date: 9 November 2025 💰 Salary: Up to £51,130 per year 💸 Plus £6,000 market premia and £3,000 annual retention payment after one year 🏢 Medway Council – Children & Adults Directorate 📍 Location: Medway / Hybrid working available 💫 Help shape brighter futures for young people in Medway At Medway Council, we’re passionate about supporting children and young people to reach their full potential. Our 16+ Care Leavers Service works with young people aged 16–25, guiding them through care and into independent adulthood. We’re now looking for a Senior Practitioner who’s ready to make a real difference — someone experienced, compassionate, and ready to lead by example. 🌈 What you’ll be doing As a Senior Practitioner, you’ll: Hold a manageable caseload (maximum 8 young people), allowing you to focus on quality relationships and outcomes. Provide high-quality, strengths-based social work that empowers young people to thrive. Undertake focused assessments, SMART care plans and reviews that deliver clear, measurable impact. Offer expert advice, mentoring and reflective supervision to less experienced colleagues. Lead on an area of specialist practice (e.g. safeguarding, wellbeing, education, or court work). Be a Signs of Safety Champion, embedding consisten...