Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO4 - PO5 £49,056 - £55,323 (pro rata for part-time)
Retention Bonus: £2000 paid out in 2 instalments over the year

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 9-5.15 Monday to Thursday and 9-5 Friday (36 hours)

Application Deadline:

Proposed Interview Date(s): Shortlisting 29/04/2026, interviews 01/05/2026
Reference: 2098

About Us:

The review team are responsible for completing annual reviews which are due or overdue for service users and informal carers as well as the short pieces of work that come from those reviews. The social workers in the team complete safeguarding processes if they have identified safeguarding concerns. We complete visits in the community and at times there are some out of borough reviews. As a practice manager in the team, you would be line managing up to 4 practitioners and act for the team manager in their absence. Manage a complex and varied caseload, including a safeguarding lead role and investigating complaints, within a framework of policies and procedures.

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

Conduct statutory re-assessments or reviews of adults & older people.

Provide professional expert advice and guidance to colleagues and partner agencies in supporting adults and older people.

Maintain properly documented case files, records and information. Prepare standard reports as required and complete monthly audits.

Mentor and support others in their development.

Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding requirements within area of responsibility and provide professional support in ensuring the best outcomes for residents with assessed care and support needs. Making Safeguarding Personal.

All opportunities to prevent, reduce and delay access to social care services are taken to maximise resident’s abilities to maintain their independence.

To be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality and legally compliant social care practice to agreed standards for the staff within the remit of the post. The practice manager needs to be an expert in managing uncertainty, developing trusting and respectful relationships with people, making fine judgements about risk and daring to work creatively and innovatively. Act in accordance with all policies and procedures which apply to the job and understand the reasons for this.

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Key Responsibilities:

Allocate work, quality assure completed pieces of work and authorise so can be progressed

Monitor annual review folders and quality check work being placed into the folders

Support the team with reflective work discussion, giving direction if needed

Be able to act for the team manager in their absence

Actively participate in projects as they arise including high and low cost support plans

As part of the reassessment/review process ensure a strength based approach is used to ensure support plans reflect the level of need appropriately

Supervise a minimum of 4 members of the team, this may include supporting a student social worker or a newly qualified social worker

Qualifications and Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

Social worker qualification and registered with Social Work England

To have at least 3 years post qualifying experience and have experience of line management or supervising others

Able to use microsoft word, spreadsheets and all local government recording systems relating to the post

Physically able to complete home visits which may include stairs

Practice Educator qualification

Terms and conditions:

Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
Satisfactory DBS check;
Continued professional body registration;

As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact [Jenny Clark, Adult Review Team Manager] at [jenny.clark@walthamforest.gov.uk.] or mobile [07345749784].

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

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