Senior Practitioner Early Help

2 months ago


Rotherham, Rotherham, United Kingdom Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Full time

Due to staff development, we are now in a position to recruit a restorative, capable, skilled and enthusiastic person to join our team.

The post holder will operate from a locality based Early Help & Family Engagement Team (Wath and Swinton) and will have the skills and experience to work with children and their families that have a range of complex needs that may be either within a statutory arena (i.e., co-worked with Children's Social Care) or without co-ordinated support are at risk of escalation into high level statutory services.

Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for the effective supervision of workers holding caseloads of children and families within their locality and will embed rigorous, consistent approaches to caseload management and oversight.

The successful candidate will be proficient in the following key duties and areas of responsibility:

  • Carry out effective oversight and supervision of staff working with a caseload of complex and varied children and families. This includes utilising excellent knowledge and experience of working within a safeguarding environment to support staff to deliver the best outcomes for Rotherham children and families.
  • To be responsible for the effective embedding of Restorative Approaches and Signs of Safety (The Rotherham Family Approach) through the supervision of staff and oversight of cases across the team.
  • To identify areas of strength and weakness within the provision of family support across the team, whilst finding solutions to address them and regularly updating the Locality Manager to this effect.
  • To manage when required, a small caseload of complex and varied children and families (maximum three) using strong engagement, assessment and planning skills to understand needs and ascertain the right level of support required with the family.
  • To contribute to effective audit and quality assurance of case management and Early Help Assessments/Plans carried out within the team assessment and planning maximises the opportunities for children and families and that all aspects of the issues affecting the family are addressed.
  • To ensure that thematic learning is gathered from supervisions and shared with the Locality Manager in order that it can be disseminated across the team and wider service.
  • To take active responsibility for improving performance and outcomes in the locality and overseeing specific areas as agreed with line manager (e.g. timeliness and quality of engagement and assessments).
  • The provision of detailed regular reports to the Locality Manager is an essential component of this work.
  • To ensure that accurate and up-to-date records of contacts, case management and work undertaken with children, young people and families and provide management information as required.
  • To provide staff briefings, training, events and initiatives as agreed with the locality manager.

    The post holder will be required to work flexibly including any service specific hours, to meet the needs of children and families. This will involve working outside of normal office hours and occasional weekend working as required.

    Driving licence and access to a car for business use is preferred.

    If you are interested in the post and would like an informal discussion or further information, please contact, Angela Duskin on or

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