Practice Leader

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Greenwich Council Full time

Royal Greenwich Kinship Service is seeking to recruit a dynamic Practice Leader to join our innovative and well regarded Permanence Service in providing the best possible outcomes to our Children in Our Care

We are looking for a highly experienced, qualified, registered children and families Practice Leader, with experience of direct social work practice in the permanence service. The successful candidate will ensure best practice is implemented across the team.

You will need a good knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation and guidance which governs Children’s Social Care and Fostering Services and experience of court work.

 The role includes:

Assessment of prospective Kinship carers & Special Guardians Assessing, supporting and monitoring our Private Foster Carers Quality assure kinship carers annual reviews Completion of viability assessments for prospective Special Guardians and Kinship carers Delivery of attachment based models of support framed within our systemic practice model Good standard of on-going recording and the ability to prepare thorough & timely reports Working closely with carers to support them to meet the needs of children in accordance with the care plan and delegated authority Facilitating support groups and promoting the continuous professional development of Kinship Carers and Special Guardians Working as part of the team to contribute to the development of the Kinship Service’s best practice Providing ongoing support to families with Special Guardianship Orders including undertaking Adoption and Special Guardians Support Fund applications An expectation of some evening and occasional weekend working Ability to raise awareness about kinship care and private fostering Computer skills with good working knowledge of ICT systems including word and excel

It is a really exciting time to join the Royal Borough of Greenwich as we implement the 1st National Kinship Strategy and the Government Children's social care: stable homes, built on love

We offer you :-

A thorough induction, Professional and clinical supervision Regular team meetings Good terms and conditions Career development and fantastic training opportunities A welcoming supportive team environment and integration in the wider children in care and care leaver service alongside childcare teams

If you feel you have the skills, knowledge, experience and confidence that we are looking for then we would welcome your application.

There is an expectation of some evening and occasional weekend working (for which you will receive TOIL). Once a quarter you will be required to cover a week on the Out of Hours emergency support call service for foster carers.

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

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.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

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

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 to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

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.

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