Advanced Practitioner - Assessments Team (Starting Well). Job in Romford Education & Training Jobs

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children, young people and families? Do you have a strong desire to be part of a transformative journey that will shape the future of Havering's community? If so, we invite you to join us in our mission to elevate our local authority's Children's Social Care Services situated within our Starting Well Department.

Following our recent inadequate Ofsted inspection, we are embarking on an improvement journey where we aim to reestablish and reinvigorate great practice across all our services delivered in Havering. As part of this journey, we are seeking dedicated and enthusiastic social care practitioners ready to make a meaningful difference, driven by a genuine desire to advocate for children, promote their wellbeing, and who are not afraid to take on the challenge of working for a local authority that has been inspected by Ofsted as inadequate.

In return, we want to offer you the opportunity to develop your skills through our dedicated 10 days of learning a year offer and access to our very own Social Care Academy and Systemic offer. We are committed to creating an environment where every child receives the best possible support and care and all staff are supported to thrive and excel in safe, supported and nurturing environments.

Our Senior leaders have worked on an improvement plan and if you are ready to embrace this challenge and play a pivotal role in shaping our journey, we encourage you to apply. We look forward to welcoming individuals who share our vision and drive.

About the role:

The London Borough of Havering is looking to recruit Advanced Practitioners to contribute to the delivery of an effective children's social care service as part of a social work team improving outcomes for children and young people and manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs and risk assessments, care planning and child protection investigations.

If successful in your application for the role of Advanced Practitioner, you will:

• Directly manage and supervise a small number of qualified and non-social work staff.
• Manage a caseload of complex and challenging cases.
• Support team manager in maintaining and developing high professional standards across the team.
• Have specialist knowledge of an area of social work practice with children and families that can be used across the service.
• Represent the service in developing key service provision or local strategic initiatives.
• Take responsibility for developing skills, expertise and knowledge for a wide range of practice issues and to provide consultation, coaching and mentoring within the team including effective case management, purposeful evidence-based interventions, analytical assessments and high quality written work.
• Support team development and recruitment process.

We promote a hybrid model of working for our social care staff with a flexible approach involving working from our town hall campus/hubs. In this role, you are expected to work from our town hall campus when required. In addition, we also encourage a flexible approach to team building opportunities which often take place face to face in line with our model of practice.

As one of the greenest boroughs in London, resourcefulness is in our nature. We don’t wait to be told; we take the initiative. We face the future head-on, embracing new challenges with open minds and fresh ideas. There are lots of opportunities to progress here and if you seize them, we’ll support you all the way.

Choose Havering and see the difference you’ll make to the people that live, work and learn here. From caring for those who need it most to ensuring our highways and streets are safe, providing a roof over the heads of our residents, providing excellent customer service or enhancing our digital services for staff and residents, there are so many ways you can make a positive influence here.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact by email. This advert will close at 23:59 on the 2nd March 2025. Should you require any help or advice with your online application, please contact the Recruitment Helpdesk.

Additional Information:

We want everyone to choose Havering. When you apply for a job with us, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. Our residents and service users come from all walks of life and so do our employees. The London Borough of Havering has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.