Advanced Social Work Practitioner -MASH

Overview

Are you a social worker with over 4 years qualified experience who is passionate about children and young people? If so, Enfield Children’s MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) is the place for you. We are always seeking build on our good social worker practice to achieve an outstanding service for our children and young people to keep them safe and help them achieve positive outcomes.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced qualified Social Worker to screen/triage new referrals, gather and analyse high quality information (including partner agency information and views of children and their families) and make key decisions about thresholds for intervention and support and actioning such decisions for children to be protected from harm at the earliest opportunity.

You will also be required to support, coach and mentor social workers and non-social work practitioners and drive service improvement through the direct development of others and dissemination of experience, good practice and research. This is an important function within your role and you will not be expected to carry a caseload.

As a qualified and professionally registered Social Worker with Social Work England, you will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be clear how to support and challenge agencies and colleagues to ensure children and young people receive the right service within the right framework. You will be bringing experience, skills and a commitment to our relational practice.

In addition to the tasks outlined above, your responsibilities include:

• Screening and triaging referrals
• Collecting and analysing high quality information
• Making decisions about thresholds for intervention and support
• Actioning decisions to protect children from harm
• Supporting, coaching and mentoring social workers and non-social work practitioners
• Driving service improvement through development, dissemination of good practice and research
• Working independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Qualified and professionally registered Social Worker with Social Work England
• Minimum 4 years working with vulnerable children and families, preferably in a statutory setting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A thorough understanding of current legislation and the London Safeguarding Children Procedure and Practice Guidance, and commitment to relational practice
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Ability to analyse information and understand families’ experiences and contexts to ensure they receive the right services
• Curious and committed to supporting children and young people in Enfield in practice and in your recording

• Excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service, plus eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas
• Blend of remote and office based working for most roles
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services – a free and confidential service for staff and their families
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work
• 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers

Enfield’s Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis.

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"This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment".

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria that will determine if you are shortlisted. We encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application.

Contact details – If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Michelle Boreland on  or Claire Mc Cutcheon   for an informal discussion.

Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.