Practice Development Lead: Safeguarding & Quality

Kent County Council; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking a Practice Development Officer to lead practice development across Integrated Children’s Services with a focus on Practice Improvement. The role requires a degree-level qualification in social care/health/youth work or teaching, plus strong safeguarding knowledge, and a commitment to improving frontline practice within Kent.

Responsibilities include leading best practice, analysing data for quality assurance, guiding managers, delivering practitioner training, and

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification in Social Care, Health, Youth Work or Teaching.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and passion for improving practice across CYPE in Kent.
• Experience with practice development and quality assurance activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, model and promote high quality frontline practice.
• Lead the development of best practice and drive practice improvement initiatives across the service.
• Analyse practice trends and performance data to inform quality assurance and continuous improvement.
• Guide frontline managers and practitioners to support implementation of the Practice Framework.
• Deliver training to practitioners to drive outstanding practice and new initiatives.
• Facilitate and undertake ongoing audits and research of integrated practice.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Auditing & data analysis

Training delivery

Leadership & mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree level or equivalent qualification in Social Care/Health/Youth Work/Teaching

Job description

Kent County Council is seeking a Practice Development Officer to lead practice development across Integrated Children’s Services with a focus on Practice Improvement. The role requires a degree-level qualification in social care/health/youth work or teaching, plus strong safeguarding knowledge, and a commitment to improving frontline practice within Kent.

Responsibilities include leading best practice, analysing data for quality assurance, guiding managers, delivering practitioner training, and