Consultant Social Worker - Practice and Learning Hub

About the Team

We are a team of practitioners passionate about delivering high‑quality practice and learning support to all Children and Families Practitioners, as well as our Multi‑Agency partners. The Practice and Learning Hub focuses on building strong relationships with practitioners and teams to enhance and connect practice across the service. Our work is grounded in Warwickshire’s Relational Practice Framework and its four key elements:

• Restorative Practice
• Safe Uncertainty
• Trauma and Attachment‑Aware Practice
• Strength of Family

We lead on the delivery of the Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) Programme and Social Work Apprenticeships
. We provide a wide range of accessible practice and learning opportunities for practitioners and Multi‑Agency partners on key areas of practice, including Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Child Protection and Safeguarding. Our team supports services by providing access to resources and bitesize learning, facilitating group supervision and learning sets, co‑ordinating webinars and delivering formal training. We also deliver Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Training to Education Providers.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency teams that support the whole family, building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply.

We are recruiting for a Consultant Social Worker within our Practice and Learning Hub
, working county‑wide on a two‑year fixed‑term contract
.

We are looking for:

• An experienced Social Worker with excellent communication skills and a strong, broad understanding of Children and Families social work practice.
• Someone with substantial frontline practice experience, combined with experience in supporting others through delivering training, mentoring, or learning and development opportunities.
• Applicants who hold a Practice Education qualification—this is highly desirable.
• A creative, professional, flexible, and adaptable individual who can think on their feet and respond confidently to changing situations.
• Someone able to create high‑quality training content, with strong presentation and IT skills.

The post is funded for 2 years and fixed term. For internal candidates this would be considered a secondment opportunity which you must have permission from your line manager to apply.

The role requires the ability to travel independently to venues across the County, set up IT equipment, and deliver training sessions confidently. Although our base is at Shire Hall in Warwick, the team regularly spends time within Children and Family Teams across the County, supporting Newly Qualified Social Workers through their Assessed and Supported Year in Practice (ASYE), building relationships with practitioners, and delivering Learning Sets and wider practice‑based learning opportunities.

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification, Practice Educator level 1 & level 2 and Social Work England Registration
.

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision.

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. The scheme also…