Your new roleSouthend-on-Sea City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent Court Progression Manager to ensure the excellence of social work practice, and professional conduct in public family law settings (The 'Public Law Outline' - care proceedings and pre- proceedings) and the timely execution of the local authority's public law applications and its pre-proceedings activity. Ensuring that the voices of the children involved, their wishes, aspirations and feelings are always heard, and are at the heart of the local authority's public law activity and care order applications. Ensuring children's plans for permanence are progressed quickly and efficiently through pre-and care proceedings, avoiding delay. There will also be a need to ensure that the social work evidence, assessments and plans of the local authority concerning the children subject to its care order applications and pre-proceedings (PLO) interventions are of the highest quality.You will take a leading role in innovation by improving the local activity within the public law framework and work in partnership with the courts, CAFCASS and other local authorities to achieve better outcomes for children. You will not hold a caseload but instead, collaborate closely with qualified social workers across all teams within Children's Services, supporting them in preparing their evidence for court and providing support and advice to Team Managers and practitioners for Legal Planning Mee...