Advanced Practitioner Children’s Brokerage and Quality Assurance

Overview

Join the London Borough of Havering as an Advanced Practitioner in Children’s Social Care. You will directly supervise a small team, manage a challenging caseload to identify suitable homes for children in care, and oversee quality across contracted providers. You will support the Team Manager in maintaining high professional standards and share specialist social work expertise across brokerage services. You will represent the service in strategic initiatives with commissioners and care providers, while mentoring colleagues and developing practice skills. You will contribute to safeguarding and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise a small number of non-social work staff
• Manage a complex caseload of searches for homes for children in care
• Oversee quality assurance of providers contracted by the council
• Support the Team Manager in maintaining and developing high professional standards
• Provide specialist knowledge of social work practice with children and families across brokerage services
• Represent the service in developing key service provision or local strategic initiatives with commissioners and care providers
• Develop skills, expertise and knowledge across a wide range of practice issues and provide consultation, coaching and mentoring
• Support team development and recruitment processes

Key requirements

• leadership
• coaching
• mentoring
• case management
• quality assurance
• analytical assessments

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