Court Progression Manager

Job Introduction

Court Progression Manager   – Children’s Services 

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is in search of a committed Court Progression Manager   to join their Children’s Service. This newly established position stems from the success of a pilot programme.

Purpose of role

As the Court Progression Manager, your primary responsibility will be to establish and maintain consistent, high-quality practices for children involved in Public Law Outline (PLO) processes, both during pre-proceedings and Care Proceedings. This role plays a crucial part in achieving better outcomes for children within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, while also promoting best practices and quality standards throughout Children’s Services.

Working closely with Service Leaders, frontline Team Leaders, Social Workers, the Local Authority legal department, and partners within the South London Care Proceedings Project, as well as various agencies within the Family Justice System, you will drive improvements by ensuring quality assurance, monitoring progress, measuring outcomes (including the maintenance and reporting of relevant data), and tracking the progression of pre-proceedings and care proceedings, including early permanence planning.

Additionally, you will collaborate with other departments within the Children’s Services Directorate, providing support and covering services as needed.

To attain this role, you will need to 

• be Social Work England (SWE) registered.
• hold a relevant Social Work qualification. 
• have experience and expertise in undertaking Court Work – with a minimum of 5 years’ experience.

Key knowledge, skills and abilities to be successful in this role:

• extensive knowledge and application of the Public Law Outline and the conduct of Court Cases
• extensive experience in completing assessments and making recommendations on how those needs can be met.
• experience of Quality Assuring written work and providing feedback verbally and in writing
• significant knowledge of legislation and regulation guidance relevant to your role and experience of working in frontline Children's Services
• strong written and verbal skills and experience of mentoring/supporting less experienced Social Workers
• this role is equivalent to a Team Leader position to enable challenge and escalate where appropriate.
• ability to manage resources including financial, information and IT skills.

The role is graded at P08 (Salary scale)

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your social worker career.  Our generous benefits package includes:

• Innovative and supportive working culture with emphasis on professional development and staff wellbeing and manageable caseload.
• Generous annual leave allowance in addition to ‘rota days’ equating to an additional 10 days off per year
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements with good IT equipment
• Ongoing professional development, including a minimum 50 hours protected professional development each year with our innovative Practice Academy
• Excellent pension scheme
• Essential car user free car parking (close to the workplace)
• Opportunity to attend different Staff Networks including Tackling Structural Racism, Future of Work or Equality Diversity and Inclusion
• Reduced rate gym membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• GreenwichCard entitling you to discounts at local businesses.
• Opportunities to join cross-sectional staff Task and Finish groups to improve practice and procedures.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, then please complete the online application demonstrating how you meet the Person Specification requirements and why you are suitable for the role.

 Please view the attached Job Profile for the key requirements for this role and address these when completing your supporting statement.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Kamaljit Birdee or Narisha Govender;    kamaljit.birdee@royalgreenwich.gov.uk ; narisha.govender@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     020 8921 3136  

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. 

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received. 

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. 

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. 

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary. 

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.