City of York Council is excited to offer an opportunity to join our Safeguarding Service as a Practice Supervisor.

We are proud of our ever-evolving service and remain dedicated to delivering the highest quality support to children and families across the city.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Practice Supervisor to join our Safeguarding Teams.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of Social Workers, Early Career practitioners, and Children and Families Workers. This role is central to our mission of providing effective support and intervention while navigating the current landscape of national social work reforms.

Our Model of Practice

City of York Council is dedicated to our ‘Building Brighter Futures’ model. This systemic, strengths-based approach utilizes tools such as Signs of Safety and Family Finding.

York is moving towards embedding the National Framework into day-to-day practice, ensuring our work is outcome-focused and aligns with the latest statutory guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality reflective supervision to Social Workers, focusing on purposeful and meaningful intervention.
• Support practitioners in identifying, analysing, and managing risk in partnership with families, their wider networks, and multi-agency partners.
• Help lead the transition from the ASYE to the new Early Career Development Programme, modelling expert practice for our newest practitioners.
• Drive family-led decision-making and unlock family networks to find the right support at the right time.
• Support team performance, care planning, and chairing meetings, ensuring that the voice of the child is central to all we do.

About You

You will be a suitably qualified Social Worker (DIPSW/CQSW/Masters/Degree in Social Work) registered with Social Work England.

We are looking for an individual with:

• Substantial experience in children's safeguarding and, preferably, prior supervisory or management experience.
• The ability to evidence skills and knowledge in line with the National Framework’s outcomes for children and families.
• A passion for achieving stability and permanence while promoting lifelong links with birth families and kinship networks.

Join us on our development journey and help shape a service that is nationally recognised for its commitment to excellence and innovation.

This post is suitable as a job share opportunity.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution.

We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Gill Bays at: Gillian.Bays@york.gov.uk or 01904 552105.

Closing date:  Sunday 3 May at 12 midnight

Interview date: 14 May 2026