Advanced Practitioner – Kinship Fostering
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours/week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £46,142 (Level one) rising to £49,282 (Level four).
Location: Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
As an Advanced Practitioner in the Kinship Fostering Team, you will:
- Assess, support, supervise, and train Kinship Foster Carers and their families.
- Help carers provide trauma-informed care to children and young people.
- Complete full assessments for fostering panel and court.
- Provide effective supervision, advice, and guidance to carers.
- Work closely with the team around the child to support permanency planning.
- Be involved in support groups, carer events, and training, including some evening and weekend work.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualified Social Worker with relevant experience working with children and families.
- Registered with Social Work England and compliant with professional standards.
- Proven assessment skills, with the ability to meet tight timescales for panel presentations and court proceedings.
- Strong relationship‑building skills with both carers and children.
- Ability to identify and respond to safeguarding concerns effectively and in line with statutory guidance.
- Commitment to multi‑agency working, ensuring holistic support to meet children’s needs.
- Possession of a full UK driver’s license and access to a vehicle for work‑related travel.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Mr. Bala Gurusamy, Principal Manager – Kinship Fostering, by email at bala.gurusamy@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 27th March 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled – these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
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