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This is an exciting career progression opportunity for a dynamic and experienced child and family practitioner who holds a relevant academic or professional qualification at level 5, degree level or higher. You will play a leading role within the delivery of an outstanding Family Early Help service embodying the principle of keeping families strong and ensuring that families receive the right help at the right time.
You will have significant experience and knowledge of Early Help practice, statutory social work intervention, or other expertise in working holistically with children and families. You will be able to model exceptional practice in whole family work and be able to demonstrate advanced skills as a lead professional working purposefully with family members and professional stakeholders. You will have a good working understanding of how to work with schools and families to promote school attendance and inclusion. Although no formal management experience is required, you will be able to demonstrate clear leaderships skills, the ability to supervise and quality assure the practice of others.
You will take the lead for your team in managing referrals and working with schools and other partners to seek creative solutions for families who do not require an Early Help assessment to secure help and support through community resources. You will drive support for partners to deliver effective team around the family (TAF) practice including chairing community TAF meetings and supporting other professionals to develop community Early Help plans.
About Southwark
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About You
This is an ideal position for a practitioner with significant experience in practice, who already provides formal or informal support to colleagues in relation to practice and is ready to move into a role which enables them to continue to work directly with children and families, whilst also develop their skills as a manager and supervisor.
If you are interested in the role and would like to find out more details please contact Shane Steere-Jones, Service Manager, Family Early Help 11+, via shane.steere-jones@southwark.gov.uk or by telephone 07946 630200.
Additional salary details
Please click on the vacancy information & person specification and job description documents for further details about this role and information on what to include in your application.
Please note: This role will require an Enhanced DBS.
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Sunday 7 April 2024
Interviews and assessment date: Friday 19 April 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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