Practice Improvement Consultant - Children Services - Croydon Council Salary: Grade 16 £58,692 - £60,819 Permanent - 36 hours per week Hybrid working Job Purpose The Policy and Practice Improvement Consultant provide expertise, challenge and support to the Heads of Service and Service Managers in order to improve practice across the Children''s Social Care division. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and implementing our Practice Improvement Plan. They will lead on the implementation of learning from quality assurance activities to improve service delivery with an unswerving focus on outcomes for children, leading professional development and training sessions for staff to embed this into day-to-day practice. About You We are looking for an experienced and appropriately qualified professional that is able to demonstrate their knowledge and experience. Qualified Social Worker and up to date registration with Social Work England Substantial leadership experience working in a statutory children''s social care setting. Substantial experience of making sound professional judgements on the quality of practice in high risk/high complexity cases. Successful experience of providing management and professional supervision/development to social care staff at all levels including Team and Service Managers and Heads of Service. Up to date knowledge of developments in national policy, legislation, statutory guidance and standards regarding children''s social ..... full job details .....