Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding

Overview

Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding (Starting Well) x 3 – London Borough of Havering. Contract: Permanent. Pay - £54,267 to £58,461 per annum subject to final confirmation with an additional Market Supplement (MS) of £4,000.Message from the Director

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children, young people, and families? Do you have a strong desire to be part of a transformative journey that will shape the future of Havering’s community? If so, we invite you to join us in our mission to elevate our local authority\''s Children\''s Social Care Services, situated within our Starting Well Department. Following our recent inadequate Ofsted inspection, we are embarking on an improvement journey where we aim to re-establish and reinvigorate great practice across all our services delivered in Havering. As part of this journey, we are seeking dedicated and enthusiastic social care practitioners ready to make a meaningful difference, driven by a genuine desire to advocate for children, promote their well-being, and who are not afraid to take on the challenge of working for a local authority who have been inspected by Ofsted as inadequate.About The Role

The London Borough of Havering is looking to recruit Advanced Practitioners to contribute to the delivery of an effective children’s social care service as part of a social work team, improving outcomes for children and young people, and manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs and risk assessments, care planning and child protection investigations.If successful in your application for the role of Advanced Practitioner, London Borough of Havering, you will/will be:Directly manage and supervise a small number of qualified and non-social work staff.Manage a caseload of complex and challenging cases.Support team manager in maintaining and developing high professional standards across the team.Have specialist knowledge of an area of social work practice with children and families that can be used across the service. To represent the service in developing key service provision or local strategic initiatives.Take responsibility for developing skills, expertise and knowledge for a wide range of practice issues and to provide consultation, coaching and mentoring within the team, including effective case management, purposeful evidence- based interventions, analytical assessments and high quality written work.Support team development and recruitment process.What We Offer

In return, we want to offer you the opportunity to develop your skills through our dedicated 10 days of learning a year offer and access to our very own Social Care Academy and Systemic offer. We are committed to creating an environment where every child receives the best possible support and care, and all staff are supported to thrive and excel in safe, supported, and nurturing environments.Additional Information

The London Borough of Havering is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and meet the essential criteria as specified in the Job Profile will be guaranteed an interview. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 21st September 2025, however, interest in this job may be high and we therefore reserve the right to close the vacancy early. A Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Authority reserves the right to request employees undertake a basic disclosure check (Disclosure Scotland) where required for the role this includes anyone who has access to a government database, or has a GCSX account. These posts will be required to have a Basic Disclosure Scotland check as per BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standards).Pay - £54,267 to £58,461 per annum subject to final confirmation with an additional Market Supplement (MS) of £4,000.About Us: With its excellent transport links into central London, Havering offers a unique place to live, work and visit. Find out why you should work for Havering ..... full job details .....