Lead for practice development and assurance

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change‑makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community‑focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

This is a pivotal role at the centre of Haringey’s improvement journey. As Lead Practitioner for Practice Development and Assurance, you will work closely with the Principal Social Worker to strengthen practice across Adult Social Care and ensure alignment with the CQC framework and quality statements.

• You will play a critical role in embedding a culture of reflective practice, robust quality assurance, and continuous improvement—ensuring that learning directly translates into improved outcomes for residents.
• Leading and supporting the delivery of the CQC Improvement Plan in line with the new assessment framework
• Coordinating and strengthening the quality assurance and audit cycle, ensuring clear oversight of practice standards
• Driving improvement through learning from complaints, safeguarding activity, audits, and reviews
• Designing and delivering impactful learning and development to improve practice and decision‑making
• Embedding defensible decision‑making and professional curiosity across teams
• Supporting workforce development priorities and continuous professional learning, including line management of two Senior practitioners
• Contributing to Safeguarding Adults Board priorities and ensuring strong links to frontline practice
• Developing and reviewing policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and best practice
• Identifying systemic improvement opportunities and ensuring these are translated into delivery

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence practice at scale and support the delivery of consistently high‑quality, legally literate, and person‑centred services.

About the team

The Practice Development & Assurance team plays a key role in driving high standards across Adult Social Care, working closely with Heads of Service, managers and frontline practitioners to evaluate and strengthen social work practice. The team leads on quality assurance activity, including auditing, safeguarding oversight and service reviews, ensuring services are consistently safe, effective and person‑centred.

About You

You are an experienced and credible practitioner with a strong track record of improving practice and influencing others. You are motivated by improving outcomes for residents and confident in working across complex systems to drive meaningful change.

A recognised Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England

• Significant frontline experience with clear evidence of practice improvement and impact
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding frameworks, and statutory duties
• The ability to analyse practice, identify themes, and translate insight into measurable improvement
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively
• Experience in quality assurance, audit, or service improvement activity
• A collaborative and values‑driven leadership style, with the ability to coach and develop others
• A proactive, solution‑focused approach with the ability to manage competing priorities and change
• You will be passionate about creating a learning culture where staff feel supported, challenged, and empowered to deliver excellent practice.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension