About the role
Derbyshire County Council have an exciting opportunity for a caring and determined Practice Supervisor to join our team. This is a permanent part time role, hours per week.
Applicants must ensure they have a Social Worker Qualification and Social Work England registration relevant for this role.
This role offers progression and development, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to use your skills and experience to genuinely improve outcomes for children and young people.
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?
1. Providing practice supervision on all case work (group and one to one)
2. Personal supervision to Social Workers within the team
3. Undertaking a professional practice lead role within their designated area of service.
4. Assisting the Team Manager in efficient and effective delivery of the Children’s Services Social Work Service.
5. Demonstrating and championing systemic practice.
6. 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?
7. Essential Qualifications (refer to job and person profile for more information).
8. Experience of creating rapport and building effective relationships with families.
9. Experience in enabling flexible and thoughtful social work practice and positive change.
Our Practice Supervisor Role attracts a starting salary of £41,765 with annual increments to £45,149 pro rata for part time.
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:
10. Diverse range of cases providing an exciting, challenging and rewarding career
11. Effective leadership and management which helps to reduce risk for our social workers and the children and families they support
12. Excellent supervision and a supportive peer network
13. Systemic training – for supervision and management
14. 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
15. Access to an excellent range of training and development opportunities, worth over £5000, including leadership and management development.
16. Corporate membership with Research in Practice – allowing access to reputable, evidence-based research, training, and resources
17. Fantastic opportunities to undertake further formal qualifications and career progression through our career pathways
18. DBS check undertaken and paid for by us
19. Social Work England registration fee reimbursed
For more information on Children and Family services and becoming a social worker in Derbyshire please visit
What benefits do we offer you?
20. Local Government Pension Scheme
21. generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme
22. travel expenses
23. discount on leisure centre memberships
24. free car parking at most sites
25. an in-house counselling service
26. occupational health service
27. access to sessions with a trained physiotherapist
28. cycle to work scheme
Provisional Interview Date: 25th June 2024