Early Help Practice Lead: Transforming Family Outcomes

Bradford Children and Families Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Local Government pension

Family-friendly policies

Health & wellbeing support

Professional development

National Living Wage employer

Job summary

Bradford Children and Families Trust is seeking an experienced Practice Lead to shape Early Help practice across Bradford, coordinating across Family Hubs, Early Help, Early Years and SEND programmes. You will lead improvements, promote high standards and support workforce development to deliver outcomes for children and families.

You will hold a Level 5 qualification and have deep safeguarding knowledge, with a track record of driving service change, coaching practitioners and partnering with

Qualifications

• Hold a Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) in Social Work, Teaching, Nursing, Youth Work, Early Years or a related discipline.
• Experience of working within children and family services and a commitment to continuous professional development.
• Strong understanding of Early Help, safeguarding and a strengths-based approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to service improvement and transformation activity across prevention and early intervention services.
• Promote and embed high standards of practice with assessments and plans that are child-focused and outcome-driven.
• Support partnership to increase access to high-quality Early Help Assessments, Family & Friends Network meetings and Family Plans.
• Develop high-quality, evidence-informed practice through coaching and workforce development.
• Use performance information and QA activity to identify strengths and drive improvements.
• Collaborate with internal teams, partners and commissioned services to deliver integrated support.
• Contribute to development, implementation and evaluation of strategies, policies and programmes.
• Champion continuous learning, innovation and reflective practice.
• Ensure the voice of children, young people and families is embedded in service development.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Coaching & mentoring

Communication

Partnership working

Quality assurance

Education

Level 5 qualification in Social Work/Teaching/Nursing/Youth Work/Early Years

Job description

Bradford Children and Families Trust is seeking an experienced Practice Lead to shape Early Help practice across Bradford, coordinating across Family Hubs, Early Help, Early Years and SEND programmes. You will lead improvements, promote high standards and support workforce development to deliver outcomes for children and families.

You will hold a Level 5 qualification and have deep safeguarding knowledge, with a track record of driving service change, coaching practitioners and partnering with