Advanced Practitioner - Fostering

As an Advanced Practitioner in our team you will work collaboratively with our families, partners as well as colleagues, ensuring a multi-disciplinary approach that aims to achieve excellent outcomes, which in turn supports our children and families to lead happy, healthy lives.

However, these are not the only skills and characteristics we are looking for. To be shortlisted for the position, you must be able to clearly evidence the following skills and experience within your application:

• Managing a caseload of complex and challenging cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs and risk assessments, care planning and child protection investigations
• Ability to undertake high quality assessments, using child-centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Experience in supporting management in maintaining and developing high standards across the team
• Offer coaching and mentoring within the team as well as effective case management and high quality written work

Ability to ensure children and young people are adequately protected in line with Havering LSCB. 

Havering is an outer London borough like no other. Sitting in Northeast London (Zone 6), we have three Crossrail stations in borough which means we are only 30 minutes from Oxford Street. We are well connected to the hustle and bustle of the city, whilst just a short drive or bus ride from the surrounding Essex countryside and coast, giving our residents the best of both city and rural living. 

It’s no wonder that we have one of the fastest growing and increasingly diverse child populations in the country, who benefit from living in one of the greenest areas in London. We have some amazing parks, 16 of which have green flag award status, and we are served by a rich mix of foundation, community, voluntary aided and academy schools with great Ofsted ratings.

Havering Town Hall, which hosts our main offices, is in the centre of Romford - our largest town and home to a vibrant street market dating back to 1247. Our offices are a 5 minute walk from the main shopping centres which host a range of popular shops, restaurants and gyms.

We are also unique in our political makeup, with Havering Residents’ Association working to make a Havering you want to be part of.

We are dedicated to creating the right conditions to support our social care practitioners to thrive by fostering an environment where you can develop your skills and knowledge alongside like-minded individuals. We value our employees and offer a range of benefits:

• ·    We are a family-friendly employer and welcome applications for part time roles at 0.5 full time equivalent
• ·    £4,000 annual market supplement payment for Social Workers, Advanced Practitioners, Team Managers and Service Managers
• ·    A tailored training programme along with development opportunities through our very own dedicated Social Care Academy and corporate offer of 10 days of learning per year
• ·    Access to accredited systemic training and in-house practice application workshops
• ·    A commitment to achieving and maintaining manageable caseloads
• ·    Generous local government pension scheme and leave entitlement
• ·    Subsidised parking at various council-owned car parks across the borough
• ·    Modern workplace equipped with the latest technology
• ·    A strong corporate health and wellbeing offer, discounted gym membership, employee assistance programme and much more
• ·    Annual staff recognition schemes (STAR awards and Social Care awards) celebrating and recognising staff commitment and achievement 
• ·    Access to a range of staff forums including LGBTQI+, B.A.M.E., Faith, Ability, Women’s, and Men’s forums.

If you have any questions about applying, please contact Talent Team: Talent@havering.gov.uk