Effective Practice Development Officer

Job Details

Are you passionate about support Children and Families?

You will coordinate and enable partners across Stafford to deliver effective Early Help, strengthening multi-agency practice so families get the right support at the right time.

Family Hubs enable families to get information, advice, guidance and appropriate support to meet their needs and overcome difficulties they may be experiencing.

You will join the Family Hub team in Stafford and be part of a wider team of Early Help Practice Development Officers, each assigned to one of the 8 districts within Staffordshire.

You will work collaboratively with partners within the Stafford district to develop, support, monitor and coordinate earliest and early help effective practice development and improvement to support children, young people and families.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Effective Practice Development & Improvement across partners, supporting monitoring, collaboration and continuous improvement in Earliest and Early Help.
• Drive the Earliest & Early Help Transformation, contributing to multi‑agency integration through reports, analysis, project management, consultation and partnership work.
• Assess workforce needs and develop targeted training, working with Workforce Development Teams to address gaps in skills, knowledge and confidence.
• Provide hands‑on support, mentoring and challenge to managers and practitioners across sectors to strengthen and sustain high‑quality Early Help practice.
• Design, implement and evaluate new ways of working, including developing resources, practice models, processes and systems aligned with statutory services.
• Facilitate and coordinate local partnership activity, including Locality Partnership Hubs, ensuring effective information sharing, collaboration and use of community networks.

The Ideal Candidate

You will bring strong experience and credibility in Earliest and Early Help, with the ability to enable high‑quality early help practice across multi‑agency partners by building confidence, skills and consistency in frontline delivery.

You will also be,

• skilled in mentoring, coaching and practice development
• able to translate evidence‑based approaches into day‑to‑day practice
• confident in constructively challenging and supporting practitioners and managers to improve outcomes for children and families.

Through collaborative working, workforce development, quality assurance and the design of effective practice resources, you will strengthen integrated early help systems, ensuring families receive the right support at the right time, preventing escalation and enabling needs to be met early within communities.

For an informal chat, please contact Kasey Whiting – [contact hidden] or Kate Tomson-Rayner – [contact hidden]

Interviews are planned for end of April

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

In the event we receive a significant number of applications, we may close this advert early. Please submit your application as early as possible.