Senior Practitioner Educator

About the role

Birmingham Children Trust are looking for a Senior Practitioner Educator to join their established Practice Academy Team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. The Practice Academy is now in its fifth year successfully bringing together all learning and development opportunities for social workers pre and post qualification across the Trust. Its team ethos brings together all learners to create a network of practice and development.

We have continued on our journey to grow our own social workers, leading to a success of recruiting and retaining social work staff.

The team ensures that all our social work students and apprentices receive high quality placement opportunities that equip them with knowledge and skills required of newly qualified social workers ready to thrive on our ASYE programme. We also offer a year two programme which is our Accredited Child and Family Practitioner (ACFP) programme, and we deliver a Practice Educator Programme for those working towards their PEPS qualification.

For social workers who have been out of practice we have a Return to Social Work programme to help them regain their registration and re‑join the social work profession as practitioners.

As a member of the Practice Academy team you will have a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children, young people and their families.

We have been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, following a 2023 inspection
. This is a fantastic achievement for Birmingham Children’s Trust, with many positive highlights focusing on areas including the quality of staff leadership, partnership working, safeguarding and corporate parenting.

This is a hybrid role based in Birmingham so you must have the correct right‑to‑work documents to work in the UK. Unfortunately we do not support those who require sponsorship.

The successful applicant will require:

• Experience of supervising and supporting social work practitioners.
• Have the full PEPS award required of experienced Practice Educators.
• Know what good social work practice looks like to quality assure, support and guide others.
• Senior Practitioner Educators (Speds) are responsible for the delivery and support of all our various learning programmes that we offer to pre and post qualifying social workers.
• Strong organisation and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in using communication aids.
• A compassionate and patient approach, with a commitment to providing high‑quality care.
• Ability to work collaboratively with co‑workers, a range of professionals and stakeholders.

Interviews will take place on weekdays between 7th and 17th April.

We offer a vast range of incentives to our BCT employees. Come join us to receive (not limited to):

• A generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.
• Generous Pension Scheme.
• Full access to our amazing internal employee benefits scheme including Occupational Health services, Rewards Schemes, Benefits discounts (including the Blue Light Card), Health & Fitness and Personal Wellbeing support and much more!
• Dedicated Practice Hub supporting continued training and career progression.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re a passionate, experienced childcare professional ready to help shape young lives while driving high standards of care!

Please note as part of our onboarding process, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a series of background checks with Experian, including Experian DBS, Right to Work, and Digital . These are essential pre‑employment requirements. We do not support those who require sponsorship.

At Birmingham Children’s Trust, we are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of over 10,000 children and young people in our city every day. Our mission is to support the most disadvantaged children and young people in Birmingham, ensuring they are safe, happy, and healthy.

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