London Borough of Harrow have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Consultant to join our Children’s Safeguarding Service.
You will contribute and be responsible for the delivery of care to children, young people, and families within the respective area, in collaboration with the Team Manager. In addition, you will develop, improve, and uphold the quality of work completed by Social Workers, in accordance with all appropriate legislation, policy, and procedures. Children's Services embeds a culture of strengths-based, collaborative, data and evidence-led practice therefore as Practice Consultant, you must model and champion this approach within and beyond its respective services.
Furthermore, the successful candidate will manage and provide supervision, direction, and guidance to a group of qualified Social Workers and non-social work qualified workers whilst deputising for the Team Manager as required, and assist in the management of the team in a manner that is responsive to legislative requirements as well as corporate and national priorities.
We are looking for someone who has a passion to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people who live or access services in, or who are looked after by London Borough of Harrow.
This position also offers a £1,500 market factor supplement per annum!
The successful candidate will have:
Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough, and home to over a quarter of a million people. As one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, Harrow is a great place to live, work and visit; in our borough, a range of cultures, religions and opinions come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community.
As part of Harrow Children’s Services, we want our colleagues to live our values. These values describe what we stand for and how we do things at Harrow whilst inspiring, challenging and guiding us towards the delivery of our organisational ambitions and goals. Our three values are: Be Courageous, Do It Together and Make It Happen These values will also help us to achieve our equalities vision of being a proud, fair & cohesive Harrow, a great place to live, work & visit.
Social Work in Harrow is about practicing statutory children’s social work, promoting quality, consistency, and effectiveness of social work practice to ensure that children’s outcomes are positive. In terms of learning and development opportunities it is vital to have a comprehensive understanding of Children’s Services core standards to facilitate best practice in line with UK legislation, statutory and government and local guidance, incorporate the voice of the child in all we do and having an Anti-Racism and Inclusion perspectives.
In addition to the above, we already have a unique development program:
a Management School
a comprehensive weekly workshop programme for social workers
Connected by Culture, a monthly workshop supporting our cultural competence and anti-racist practice.
We offer our social workers:
Competitive salary inclusive of Market Factor
The council offers a retention bonus of £3,000, which is paid after 3 years continuous service and a further £3,000 after a further 3 years of continuous service. This bonus is subject to conditions.
Up to 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) after more than 5 years’ service
An attractive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Relocation allowance up to £6,000 (subject to eligibility)
Development opportunities in key areas of specific lead roles, giving you the opportunity to learn new skills and to develop your practice
Access to our corporate health and wellbeing services offering free confidential advice on a wide range of issues
If you have any questions about applying for this role, or are interested in having an informal discussion about working in children's social care at Harrow, please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk