Practice Educator

Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation.

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We are looking for an experienced and passionate qualified Social Worker to join our team as a Practice Educator on a part-time, permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing and supporting the next generation of social workers, helping to drive high-quality practice and improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

In this role, you will lead on the learning and development of Social Workers, Students and Social Work Apprentices within our Children and Education Service. Through training, mentoring, and assessment, you will support staff to build their skills, knowledge and confidence, while contributing to workforce development, service improvement and the promotion of excellent, inclusive practice.

You will hold a Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) Stage 2 qualification and bring strong experience of supporting and assessing learners in practice.

What is the job role?

We are currently looking for a Practice Educator to join our team.

Key Responsibilities:

-Work with the Team Manager to coordinate and deliver a high quality service to the workforce and partner agencies.
-Support social workers and students to achieve professional learning and development standards.
-Deliver and contribute to training, CPD programmes, and workforce development initiatives.
-Coordinate and support student placements and practice educators/assessors.
-Support the Social Work Degree Apprenticeship (BA)
-Provide mentoring, supervision, and consultancy to staff and teams.
-Promote inclusive, anti-discriminatory practice.
-Undertake quality assurance and support continuous improvement.
-Work collaboratively with partner organisations, including HEIs and regulatory bodies.
-Any other duties and responsibilities within the range of the salary grade.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?
You are a passionate and experienced Social Worker with strong expertise in children’s services and a solid grasp of legislation, research, and best practice.

You understand the professional standards that underpin social work, including Social Work England requirements, PCF, and ASYE.

Confident in supporting others to learn and thrive, you will bring knowledge of teaching, assessment, and different learning styles, alongside a strong commitment to anti-oppressive and inclusive practice.

If you’re driven to develop others, influence practice, and make a real impact on outcomes for children and families, we want to hear from you.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Liz Burns – Liz.burns@coventry.gov.uk

Interview date: 14th July 2026

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies