Social Work Practice Supervisor - Help and protection

Birmingham Children's Trust; Ridgacre; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Job summary

Birmingham Children's Trust is seeking a Social Work Practice Supervisor to support the Help and Protection team. You will work with the Team Manager to allocate families to Lead Practitioners and oversee timely, needs-led assessments and family plans.

You will lead regular reflective supervision, support a whole-family approach, and chair multi-agency meetings to implement and review plans. Strong safeguarding and inter-agency liaison are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with current registration.
• Experience supervising social care practice and staff.
• Ability to lead multi-agency teams and chair complex meetings.

Responsibilities

• Oversee casework and provide reflective supervision to Lead Practitioners.
• Coordinate and allocate families to Lead Practitioners to ensure timely support.
• Chair multi-agency meetings and oversee Family Help plans and TA FN.
• Prepare assessments and reports for conferences, courts and panels.
• Promote safe, whole-family approaches and engage with MACPT as needed.
• Record, monitor and report on safeguarding actions in the IT system.

Skills

Team leadership

Case management

Reflective supervision

Stakeholder engagement

Inter-agency collaboration

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Our client Birmingham Children's trust is looking for a Social Work Practice Supervisor to join their Help and protection team. To work with the Team Manager to manage and allocate families to Lead Practitioners, ensuring that children and their families receive good quality needs-led assessments and timely support to meet their needs. Contribute to the overall case management within the team including oversight and escalation. With guidance from the Team Manager, provide casework oversight to Lead Practitioners, including delivering regular reflective supervision and overseeing targeted Early Help, section 17 Family Assessments, and family plans. Support Lead Practitioners to take a whole family approach to working with families and undertaking high quality needs-led assessments. Complete or contribute to assessments where required. Support Lead Practitioners to establish a 'Team Around the Family' (TAFN), to create and deliver effective multi-agency Family Help plans, including providing evidence-based help and support to families. Complete or contribute to plans where required. Chair multi-agency meetings to implement and review support plans for children and families. Support Lead Practitioners to facilitate meetings effectively. Engage the multi-agency child protection team (MACPT) where there are concerns about likely or actual significant harm. Complete visits to children and families alongside or in place of Lead Practitioners. Prepare and present assessments and reports to conferences, courts and panels in accordance with statutory procedures and practices as required. Support Lead Practitioners to build positive relationships with children and young people and promote their education, development, safety, health, and wellbeing. Ensure that children's views, wishes and feelings are heard and inform their assessments and plans. Promote Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) to support families to find their own solutions. Collect, analyse, and accurately record all relevant information using the social care IT system in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements and take appropriate actions to safeguard children. Benefits of working with Remedy A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant. Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs Referral bonus - up to £250

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