• Birmingham Children’s Trust is seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner (4+ years) with strong knowledge and hands-on experience within a pre-birth social work setting. This is a fast-paced and complex role, ideal for a practitioner with robust experience in safeguarding, risk management, and multi-agency working.

• You will be working with vulnerable families from early pregnancy, aiming to break cycles of children entering care. The role requires completion of pre-birth assessments, legal planning, and working across CIN, CP, and ICO cases.

• Manage a complex caseload focused on pre-birth and post-birth assessments.

• Carry out in-depth risk assessments and develop safe, outcome-focused care plans.

• Support and assess parents whose previous children have been removed from their care.

• Participate in legal planning meetings, pre-proceedings, and court processes.

• Collaborate effectively with multi-agency partners, including mental health, domestic abuse, and substance misuse services.

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced social workers.

• Ensure accurate and timely performance reporting and documentation.

• Represent the Trust at key meetings and case discussions.

• Promote consistent, high-quality practice in line with legislation and organisational standards.

• Minimum 4 years post-qualifying social work experience (essential)

• Extensive knowledge and experience in pre-birth assessment and planning

• Demonstrated experience working in Child in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP) and care proceedings (ICO)

• Strong understanding of legal frameworks, including legal planning and pre-proceedings

• Proven ability to manage complex safeguarding cases

• Skilled in multi-agency working to manage cases involving:

• Domestic abuse

• Mental health issues

• Substance misuse

• Homelessness

• Ability to mentor, coach, and quality-assure the work of colleagues

• Strong communication, report writing, and organisational skills

• Clearance: Enhanced DBS required.