Children Services Practitioner

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Closing Date:

19 April 2026

Closing Date:

19 April 2026

• Annually:Salary P4 up to median
• Region:North East, Yorkshire & The Humber
• Location:Leeds Hub
• Department:Local Services
• Vacancy Type:Fixed Term
• Working hours per week:35
• Duration of Fixed Term:One year
• Closing Date:19 April 2026

Children Services Practitioner - two posts – one year fixed term 

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it's the reason our Children's Services team push themselves to transform the lives of children and families – in person, in our regional hubs, and through the knowledge they share. Could you join us as a Children's Services Practitioner and contribute to ending cruelty to children?

Due to maternity leave an opportunity has arisen at the NSPCC regional hub in Leeds for 2 passionate and dynamic Children's Services Practitioner to join our team. You will have the opportunity to further develop your safeguarding knowledge and expertise within services that are preventative, that can enhance future career options, whilst also directly contributing to the wellbeing and safety of children and young people.  

As a Children's Services Practitioner you will work alongside our Children's Service Practitioner Level 3 (qualified social workers) to play a key role in increasing our reach and impact across the region through the provision of direct services, working in partnership with other agencies, community capacity building in identified local communities and involving service users in planning, decision making and evaluation.

The portfolio of services provides the opportunity to work in a variety of areas of interest which includes both child and adult-facing work through one-to-one or groupwork delivery. The successful candidate would be involved in the delivery of:

• Pregnancy in Mind (PiM):a preventative mental health service that helps support expectant parents who have or are at risk of mild to moderate anxiety or depression.

• DART (Domestic Abuse Recovering Together)a group work programme for mothers and children affected by domestic abuse

In this role you will contribute to service development, not only in terms of direct work with children, young people and families but also be able to be involved in the development of evidenced based services, influencing and dissemination of learning to support the NSPCC in its 10 year strategy to help end cruelty to children.

In return, you will have the opportunity to engage in a range of projects, have a manageable caseload, excellent training and development opportunities and be supervised and supported by a Team Manager with knowledge and experience of practice, who will show a real commitment to enabling you to achieve your potential.

You will have:

• An appropriate qualification in heath and social care, child care, early years care or youth and community work at NVQ or Diploma level

• Previous experience of direct work with children and families in a social care, health or community setting.
• Working knowledge of safeguarding best practice, identifying risk and service delivery models.

Why join the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward in itself is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits.

• Generous annual leave- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
• Employee discounts- Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
• Pension- building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
• Life assurance scheme- All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of what we do. At the NSPCC, we understand how important it is that our workforce is representative of the people we support and who support us. We believe that every individual has the right to be their true self and to live a full life without prejudice, fear or barriers. This is the starting point for all our commitments and actions and underpins our commitment to be there for all children.

Join us and make a difference. You'll grow, be challenged, and help change millions of young lives for the better.

To discuss this role further, please contact – Team Managers Trudie Osman or Maria Hamilton on 01274 381440

If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at-risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

Supporting Documents

• Policy on storage handling use retention and disposal of DBS PVG and Access NI disclosures (227.92 KB)
• Our Benefits (5.84 MB)
• Recruitment of ex-offenders policy (268.33 KB)
• Safeguarding Statement (455 kB)
• Inclusive Recruitment Practices (943 kB)
• EDI Action Plan (677 kB)
• Becoming Trauma-Informed (3 MB)

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services