Family Solutions Practice Supervisor, Chelmsford

Family Solutions Practice Supervisor

Fixed Term, Full Time

£46,574 to £56,027 per annum

Location:

Chelmsford

Working Style:
Fixed-base worker

Closing Date: 18th February 2026

This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment Opportunity

We are a dynamic, passionate, supportive and vibrant team who provide intensive support to families, and we ensure that family empowerment is at the heart of our interventions. You will be joining a well-established and high performing team at a time when we are growing and evolving as a service.

We would love to hear from interested and suitably experienced applicants who are committed to working with whole families to help them achieve their outcomes and improve their family lives.

The Role

The postholder will work closely with the Team Manager to enable the Family Workers to continue to deliver positive outcomes for children, young people and the families we support as well as maintaining the effective working relationships that we have developed with partners. The role will involve you supervising staff from a range of professional backgrounds, supporting them to work creatively and innovatively.

It also requires you to manage new referrals via a duty system making decisions about required actions and allocating work.

What you will need

• Professionally qualified in social work and registered with Social Work England. Ideally you will hold a practice educator qualification or be willing to work towards achieving one and have some supervisory experience.
• At least three years post qualified with evidence of post qualification development.
• Demonstrable skills in staff supervision and experience of developing good practice with staff through approaches such as coaching, joint working/observations, and reflective discussions.
• Experience of dealing with incoming referrals effectively, risk assessing and allocating tasks. Have an ability to problem solve in crisis.
• Experience of cases allocation, and safety planning.
• Ability to work effectively in partnership with a wide range of professionals, building relationships to promote safety of children and resolve differences.
• Commitment to practice improvement and able to utilise the principles of effective practice to improve outcomes for children and young people with a range of complex needs.
• Good presentation skills and be able to use these to represent the team (in the absence of the Team Manager) at locality strategic planning meetings.
• Working knowledge of children's service legislation and guidance; including understanding of current changes to early help / family help / Families First Partnership Programme

To read more about us please visit:
Children & Families

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Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we're committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex . With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

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