Social Work Practice Supervisor

About

The Role Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families? Do you have the drive to support and empower young people to achieve their full potential? If so, Birmingham Children's Trust wants you! At Birmingham Children's Trust, we are dedicated in providing outstanding care and support to children and families across Birmingham. Our mission is to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive in a safe, nurturing environment.

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation, committed to innovation and excellence in social work practice. As a Social Work Practice Supervisor, you will play a key role in supporting Lead Practitioners and Team Managers to ensure children and families receive high-quality, needs-led assessments and timely support. Our services will always be joined up and you will develop robust partnerships with other teams and outside agencies;

to include the police, health, schools and voluntary organisations. We have been rated as 'Good' by Ofsted, following a 2023 inspection. This is a fantastic achievement for Birmingham Children's Trust, with many positive highlights focusing on areas including the quality of staff leadership, partnership working, safeguarding and corporate parenting. This is a hybrid role based in Birmingham so you must reside within a suitable commutable distance around Birmingham and have the correct right-to-work documents to work in the UK.

Sadly, we do not support those who require sponsorship. About you We are looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals who are committed to making a difference. You will:
• Provide reflective supervision and casework oversight.
• Support the development and delivery of multi-agency Family Help plans (CIN).
• Chair multi-agency meetings, quality assure and authorise assessments and reports.
• Promote the voice of the child and ensure their views shape their care.
• Champion our practice model 'Connections Count' and uphold our values of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

What We're Looking For:

• A degree in Social Work and registration with Social Work England.
• Extensive experience working with vulnerable children and families.
• Strong knowledge of legislation, safeguarding, and multi-agency working.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and supervisory skills.
• A commitment to reflective practice and continuous professional development Our Benefits:
• An incentive payment of £1,000 paid in full in your first months' salary (T&C's apply)
• Retention bonus of £5,000 per annum paid in monthly instalments (T&C's apply)
• Relocation Allowance of up to £8,000 (T&C's apply)
• We pay your Social Work England registration fee
• We pay your DBS application fee and reimburse your update service fee
• A generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme which gives you the chance to drive a brand-new car for an affordable fixed monthly amount as part of a salary sacrifice initiative. With no deposits or credit checks required a range of all-inclusive driving packages
• Free on-site parking at our offices on One Avenue Road (Aston) and Lifford House (Stirchley). We also provide onsite electric car charging ports which are free to use!
• Full access to our amazing internal employee benefits scheme including, Occupational Health services, Rewards Schemes, Benefits discounts (including the Blue Light Card), Health & Fitness and Personal Wellbeing support and much more!
• Flexible and hybrid working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home and we offer a variety of working patterns, to support the needs of the Trust and to ensure a positive work/life balance for our employees About You About Us Help us to change children and young people's lives !

At Birmingham Children's Trust, we are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of over 10,000 children and young people in our city every day. Our mission is to support the most disadvantaged children…