Job Description

Family Solutions Practice Supervisor, Braintree, Essex

Secondment, Full Time

£48,205 to £57,988 per annum

Location: Braintree

Working Style: Community-based worker

Closing Date: 17th August 2026

Interview Date: 27th August 2026 (to be held at County Hall, Chelmsford)

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment Opportunity

Please
note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have
a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.

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 of Family Solutions Practice Supervisor

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

Please take a look at our
‘No Magic’ Children & Families video

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.

In February 2025 , Greater Essex was accepted onto the
Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities
in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by
May 2026. You can read more about
devolution and local government reorganisation (LGR
) on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re
committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our
Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments
during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care
leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are
applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive
many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and
flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly
ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the
Nolan principles
, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these
standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for
everyone.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area
including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting
service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency.
Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of
the role through other means is essential.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role
require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update
service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are
kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your
certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for
ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update
service please go to
https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and
volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email
resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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