About the Team:
We have an exciting opportunity for 2 permanent Advanced Practitioners to join our Systemic Practice and Family Therapy Team. We are a unique team of highly skilled workers from multi-disciplinary backgrounds. We support the whole of the Children and Families Service across Warwickshire and are one of very few Systemic Teams in the Country who work specifically within a social care setting.
We are committed to the values of the Warwickshire Relational Practice Framework and strive for the best possible outcomes for the families we support through our team priorities:
1. Prevent the accommodation of children by the Local Authority where possible
2. Support children to return home to their families or connected others where possible
3. Support the stability of placements for children who are looked after by the Local Authority
4. Support the workforce to utilise systemically informed relationship-based practice
The team offers support to our colleagues through all tiers of intervention by delivering Systemic Consultations, Reflective Supervision and Clinical Formulation. We offer families a bespoke package of direct work using systemically informed interventions.
Our Offer to you includes:
5. Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
6. Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee if applicable
7. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
8. We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
9. Foundation and Intermediate Training to Qualify as a Systemic Practitioner if required
About the Role:
We are recruiting for the role of Advanced Practitioner in our Systemic Practice and Family Therapy Team. There are two full time roles, one based in the Warwick and South localities and one in Nuneaton & Bedworth and North localities.
10. Competitive salary based on skills, training and experience
11. Specialist training to achieve qualification as a Systemic Practitioner
12. Ongoing systemic CPD
13. Clinical Supervision in line with professional requirements
14. Delivery of high quality, theoretically informed specialist and bespoke interventions with families experiencing multiple stressors
15. Facilitating Systemic Consultations for professional networks drawing on key theories such as attachment, trauma and child development.
16. Delivering therapeutically informed group work programmes for families
17. Contributing to the training and development opportunities for colleagues across the service based on the key theories of the Relational Practice Framework
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Key Requirements:
18. To hold a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline (health, social care, child development, therapeutic approach)
19. Office base in Warwick or Nuneaton
20. Travel across the county based depending on service needs
21. Flexible working hours based on the requirements of the families we support including occasion evening or weekend working
22. Expectation to be office based as a minimum of 3 day a week and to attend face to face meetings as and when required by management
23. Commitment to complete 2 years of post graduate Systemic Training to achieve qualification as a Systemic Practitioner (application to be made in June 2026 to start October 2026)
24. To provide an outcome focussed direct work service in line with the guidelines produced locally in the Relational Practice Framework and nationally according to the relevant regulatory bodies such as Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Psychotherapy, or professional social work qualification and Social Work England registration.
25. Challenge preconceived ideas about risk management and becoming a change leader in the organisation, champion and advocate for relationship based assessment, practice and intervention.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Closing Date: 21.05.26
Interview Date: 09th 10th June 2026
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore