Our client, Bromley Council, is seeking an agency senior practitioner for its Children’s Court team.


This is a 3-month post initially, paid at £39.04 per hour.


The role will involve the following:
*The Court Team is a specialist team within the Safeguarding and Care Planning Service.
*The focus of the work is with children at significant risk of harm where intervention of the court is necessary to protect them.
*Many of these children become looked after by the Local Authority in the interim and subsequently may not be able to return to their parents.
*They may be permanently cared for elsewhere by living with either extended family, long term foster care or adoption under a Court Order.
*The Court Team consists of a Team Manager and 6 Senior Practitioners.
*The team works in partnership with the Bromley Children’s Legal Team to ensure that children’s cases that are presented to court are timely and well prepared.




Please let me know if you are interested? Or can you refer a friend for £250 if placed?




Requirements of the role:
*Qualified Social Worker
*Fully Social Work England registered
*3 years post-qualified experience in employment of a local authority (DFE rules)
*The position requires recent court experience, and the ideal candidate would be keen to join a team that specialises in court work within a safeguarding team.
*This role is ideal for someone who enjoys the challenge of working in a front-line team, and who is ambitious in supporting Bromley with its transformation journey providing outstanding outcomes for our children.
*Be very well organised, have the ability to communicate effectively and articulate evidence in care proceedings.
*Write reports to a high standard, that are concise, evidence based for court and adoption panel (i.e. - Child Permanency and Adoption Placement Reports)
*Meet court timelines for submission of statements, care plans, and to effectively parallel plan for children considering all relevant options to secure permanent care at the earliest opportunity for the child.
*Undertake assessments (i.e. - parenting and together and apart assessments), plan appropriate intervention and work creatively with children and families who are in court proceedings
*Have a good understanding of safeguarding thresholds and ability to assess and analysis risks, including good knowledge of child development and attachment theories and permanency needs of children of all ages.
*Hold a limited caseload (up to 11 children) to ensure that you implement the highest standards of practice.
*Work in partnership with colleagues across teams and specialisms and partner agencies to ensure that effective and timely assessments are undertaken of children’s developmental needs and the needs of their families. This will include working in partnership with legal representative and Guardians within the court arena.
*Undertake risk analysis/risk assessment based on informed professional judgement and use of primary evidence to evaluate the parenting capacity to make changes and ensure they can care for their children safely or whether alternative plans should be implemented.




Please apply online or contact Lindsey Morgan ASAP to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed.



Alternatively, we are offering £250 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.