Line Manager / Practice Development Consultant (‘PDC’)

Reports directly to CEO

Aim of PDC role

Quality assurance/ efficacy: Is there evidence of change?

Adherence to model

Ensure well-being of therapist

Ensure well-being of families

Sustain and develop partnership with school

Role

• To line manage FG therapists in their role at specified schools
• To provide guidance and support to therapists through observation and mentoring
• To ensure adherence to the SFW model is evident in the delivery & practice of Family Group across the identified interventions

Main duties

Monitoring and support

• To support and challenge therapists in developing their practice as FG facilitators and FG project managers through consultation, skill sharing, advising, etc
• To ensure full knowledge of and adherence to SFW standards (Theory of Change, Logic Model, Evidence Strategy, FGIAB etc)
• Respond to weekly Dashboard, to information recorded on the Registers and other data on Box & Box registers / data, supporting therapists to resolve absence / recruitment issues & chase up action points
• To be available to the therapist to advise on specific issues with FG participants and/or the school
• To evaluate how well-embedded the intervention is in the whole school context, and work with the therapist to increase engagement
• Note trends in practice that require attention. Support devising/ implementing training exercises in Team Meetings / Training Days etc
• To make on-site visits to identified schools, observing Family Group sessions at least x1 per term
• To provide feedback to the therapist using the relevant format, and where practical, with the therapist, consider offering feedback to their SBP
• To review / re-visit concerns raised in previous visits and seek resolution
• To assist in promotional events

Supporting therapist well-being

• Check-in calls or Zoom sessions as required
• Monitoring of well being/stress/support needs
• Liaise with PDC colleagues at half-termly meetings
• Discuss concerns from visits with PDC colleagues if necessary, escalating to Clinical Governance if required.

Managing Risk

• Ensure Risk Assessments are reviewed, and up to date
• Offer guidance re safeguarding concerns for adults and children, reminding therapists to complete the SFW ‘Safeguarding – Essential Information Form’
• Providing ‘dynamic risk assessment’; bringing a fresh, additional pair of eyes to the group

Client management

• Chair Reviews in specified schools
• Actively promote the concept of partnership between the school and SFW.  Help ensure that the school shares responsibility for fundraising, recruitment and evidence collection – and challenge any tendency to treat SFW as “just” a paid supplier of services  
• Establish a secure professional relationship with Head and relevant staff: inform Head and SBP when you will be in school and offer to consult

General duties

• Ensure therapists meet all MoU expectations: Attendance, timekeeping, etc
• Maintain records re therapist sickness
• Where possible, provide cover if a therapist is ill or otherwise unavailable due to a planned absence, including covering to facilitate peer observation
• Conduct annual performance appraisals for therapists

Practicalities

The PDC role for 1 FG school is estimated to be 12 days /year. Most PDCs cover 3 schools – approx. 36 days/yr. As a PDC your main working day/s will be identified by need in the organisation. We are seeking professionals who can work flexibly: PDC work cannot always be restricted to one day a week. For example, a therapist may need support planning a session ahead of their delivery day, or de-briefing on another day. PDCs may need to contact school leadership at times agreed to be mutually convenient.  Additionally, PDCs attend monthly Operations meetings, bi-termly PDC meetings and Three-way (‘Noticing’) meetings as required. Our schools are in various locations in S & W London.

Remuneration

A PDC covering three Family Group schools is paid £8,280, plus 5% employer’s pension contribution. (All TCL employees are invited to join our approved pension scheme and contribute 5% of salary, which we match). 

How to apply

If you are interested in the role, then we would be delighted to hear from you.  Please contact us with an up-to-date CV and we will be in touch to have an initial informal chat. Email: mark@theschoolandfamilyworks.co.uk

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