Principal Family Practitioner
Principal Family Practitioner
Grade 8- £49056- £53172pa
Starting Well MASH and Family Intervention
The Principal Family Practitioner is responsible for managing, delivering and coordination of frontline
services from children centres and within the community as part of Early Help and Statutory services
offer; to safeguard and keep children, Young People and families together where possible and deliver
support to children in or at the edge of care. A key part of the role will be to promote and implement the
extensive Family Intervention offer of support, sharing knowledge across multi-agency networks enabling children and families to lead happy healthy lives.
Hold a reduced caseload of families and undertake family intervention activities as required.
Manage and oversee the senior family practitioners to support and ensure that the wider
duties are implemented in accordance to the practice standards set and
in line with legislation, and guidance.
To provide robust management oversight and supervision of the case work within
their designated teams and ensure performance development reviews are
completed within timescale.
Assist the Team Manager and Service Manager in delivering, planning and developing
services for vulnerable children, young people, and their families, identifying needs and
potential difficulties/challenges, escalating issues as appropriate.
Produce reports relating to team performance and activity and attend meetings/forums as
required.
Chair formal multi-disciplinary meetings, team meetings, panels, reviews and attend
conferences where required.
To support the Team Manager in early mediation and resolutions of complaints to prevent
escalation.
Responsible for the daily review and allocation of step down cases from MASH and
statutory services applying appropriate threshold application resulting in a seamless and
timely service provision to children and families.
Facilitate case consultations with MASH decision makers and statutory services on case
stepping down and up.
To deputise for the Team Manager as and when required.
To provide management cover in relation to building
Centre Hubs as and when required; reporting issues to facilities officer when required.
To work out of normal office hours, which will include evenings, weekends and early
mornings when required by their line manager: this will include providing out of hours cover
on a rota basis.
The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job profile are indicative of the role, however
they are not exhaustive and may be subject to change. In addition, you will be required to
undertake other reasonable duties as directed by your manager
Provide cover for other managers within the Early Help and Partnership Service at the
equivalent grade.
Ensure that all supervisions and Performance Development Reviews are completed within
timescale.
GCSE grade C or equivalent or above in English and Mathematics
Practice qualification in childcare, education, health or social care, e.g. NVQ 3 or equivalent
or relevant experience
Desirable experience of operational management of diverse team of Family Practitioner/Senior Practitioners/Co-ordinators. Experience of influencing service provision in partner agencies over which there is no direct line management relationship. Evidence of success in promoting and implementing equal opportunity policies and practices in respect of employment and service delivery Desirable experience of coaching, mentoring and / or supervision with evidence of positive outcomes within children’s social care
Experience of working within a systemic model of practice, and using this
demonstrably within own practice including systemic supervision
Experience of setting clear priorities, objectives and standards and delivering to
challenging performance targets.
Experience of working in ways which empower and encourage participation of families.
Experience of preparing reports and assessments in respect of children this may include
presenting to Court.
Ability to guide and motivate the team effectively. This includes setting clear goals,
delegating tasks, and providing feedback and support to team.
Please view Job Profile here
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Paul.Sibanda@havering.gov.uk
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 29/12/25 however interest in this job may be high and we therefore reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
You will be notified if your application has been successful. Interview date to be confirmed.
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