We've noticed you are using Internet Explorer. This is an outdated Web Browser and is not supported by this website. Consider switching to a moden Web Browser like Google Chrome.
Accessibility Tools
This Vacancy has closed.

Early Help Senior Practitioner

  • Employer: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • Reference: J-1472
  • Published: Fri 21/04/2023, 19:33 PM
  • Closing on: Sun 07/05/2023, 1:00 AM
  • Working Pattern: Full Time
  • Hours: 35 Hours
  • Salary: £44,691 - £47,736
  • DBS Check: No
  • Location: Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, LONDON

Post: Early Help Senior Practitioner x 2

Salary: Grade J

Working Pattern: Full Time (35 hours)

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Early Help and Children and Family service for two permanent Early Help Senior practitioners. The service is on a journey to deliver excellence through a service model based on the Family Hubs Approach. There are two posts available in different teams within the Early Help service although interviews will be conducted together.

Early Help Hub

The Early Help Hub (EHH) provides a single point of access for the public, and all those working with children, young people and their families within the local community, offering advice and recommending support for a range of issues. The EHH team screens Early Help enquires and MASH contacts (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) to ensure an appropriate level of response / support is provided for families. The Early Help Hub Senior Practitioner will report to and support the Early Help Hub manager with providing strategic and operational leadership and coordination for the Early Help Hub. This role requires a strong understanding of thresholds for statutory intervention and the management of risk in Tier 2 services ideally gained from experience of working in similar teams. The Early Help Hub is currently merging with the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), this will streamline processes for identifying and addressing concerns about child welfare and will reduce duplication.

Birth - 19 Family Support Service

In this role you will report to the B-19 manager. You will hold a small caseload of complex family support cases and will line manage 3-4 B-19 Practitioners, offering supervision, case oversight and supporting staff development as well as supporting the day-to-day functioning of children and Family Centres within the locality in which you are based. The service is delivered through a locality model with the service equally distributed across the local authority area. 

As Children and Family Centres are a ‘front door’ for local families this is a face-to-face role with very limited opportunity for hybrid working.

For both Roles: 

  • You will have a good understanding of Early Help and different types of Family Support Interventions
  • You will require a minimum level 4 Qualification in working with children and families or other relevant qualification.
  • You will have at least 5 years’ experience of working with children and families.
  • You will have experience of working with statutory social work colleagues and professionals across the division to support
  • and improve practice in Early Help
  • You must know what excellence looks like and champion best practice with an ability to support, develop and inspire others.
  • You will work in accordance with national and local policies and procedures.
  • You will provide support based on best evidence, which is tailored to meet individual child and family needs, and which addresses relevant and significant risks and have a good understanding of thresholds. 
  • You will work with the team and individuals to promote development and well-being.


We offer a competitive salary - £ £44,691- £47,736

  • Up to 31 days annual leave rising to 32 days with 5 years continual service and 8 bank holidays.
  • A manageable and diverse caseload and good quality reflective supervision
  • Coaching and support from our well-established Learning Academy, and the opportunity to practice within our bespoke practice model Better Together, which encompasses restorative, systemic and trauma informed practice principles.
  • Opportunities to develop your practice, with decimated Training for Early Help Practitioners.
  • Discounted gym membership, access to free eye test, Cycle to work scheme, and You at Work discounts and many other benefits.


Closing date: 7th May 2023

Interviews: 17th and 18th May 2023 (please hold these date)  

For further information about this role please contact Karen Simpson at Karen.Simpson@towerhamlets.gov.uk or Zahra Jama at Zahra.Jama@towerhamlets.gov.uk


Additional Details

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 


  • Employer: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • Reference: J-1472
  • Published: Fri 21/04/2023, 19:33 PM
  • Closing on: Sun 07/05/2023, 1:00 AM
  • Working Pattern: Full Time
  • Hours: 35 Hours
  • Salary: £44,691 - £47,736
  • DBS Check: No
  • Location: Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, LONDON