Practice Leader

Job Introduction

As part of our ambitious Families First Social Care Reform Programme, we are recruiting Practice Leaders to join several of our newly developed services, including Family Help and Disabled Children & Young People's Services. 

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced social workers looking to take the next step in their leadership journey, helping to shape innovative services that deliver outstanding outcomes for children, young people and families. 

About the Role 

As a Practice Leader, you will work alongside Team Leaders to provide strong practice leadership, management oversight and support to frontline staff. You will play a key role in ensuring high-quality practice, driving service improvement and creating a culture of learning, reflection and continuous development. 

You will combine leadership responsibilities providing supervision, guidance and support to colleagues while maintaining direct involvement with children and families.

What You'll Do 

• Support the Team Leader in the day-to-day management of the service.
• Provide supervision, coaching and line management for up to three staff members.
• Deliver robust case oversight to ensure timely, proportionate and effective interventions.
• Lead on quality assurance activities including audits, case reviews and performance monitoring.
• Drive service improvement initiatives and embed best practice across the team.
• Chair multi-agency meetings and support effective partnership working.
• Promote positive outcomes, permanence planning and high-quality practice for children and young people.
• Help develop a motivated, skilled and confident workforce.

About You 

We're looking for experienced and passionate social work professionals who: 

• Have substantial post-qualifying experience working with children and families.
• Are confident in providing practice leadership, supervision and management oversight.
• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding, statutory responsibilities and partnership working.
• Are committed to developing others and promoting excellent social work practice.
• Can inspire, motivate and support teams to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Opportunities Across Our Services 

Vacancies are available across a number of service areas, including: 

• Family Help
• Disabled Children & Young People's Services

Applicants are welcome to express an interest in a specific service area as part of their application. 

Why Join Us? 

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a period of transformation and innovation, helping to shape the future of children's services through the Families First reforms. If you're ready to combine your social work expertise with leadership and service development, we'd love to hear from you. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Karen Scholtz (Family Help) Karen.Scholtz@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or Alex Lee Daniels (Disabled Children and Young People Service) Alexander.Lee-Daniels@royalgreenwich.gov.uk .

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.

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

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

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 statements 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 statements 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.