Early Social Worker

Directorate:
Early Help

Contract Type:
Fixed term

Hours:

36

Salary: £48,003 - £53,172

Location:

Parkfield Children's Centre

Closing Date: 1st March, 23:55

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities all help make it a great place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better.

As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values:
Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative - which drive everything we do.

We have a fixed term 9 month vacancy for a Social Worker within the 0-19 Early Help South HUB Team. This post requires a Social Work qualification and relevant experience at a senior practitioner level.

Barnet's 0-19 Early Help Hubs bring together what were our former Children's Centre's, family support team, youth service, parenting support and former CAF team into one integrated service. Offering interventions across the continuum of need- including parenting programmes and youth activities, through to leading on more complex cases such as those stepping down from Social Care or joint work on statutory cases.

The post-holder will act as a conduit between social work teams and other practitioners across the local children's workforce in relation to the 0-19 Service and the Early Help Assessment process. This is to ensure a seamless transition between cases moving up, down and across the thresholds of need, between Social Care and the Early Help arena. Facilitating best practice and safe working across a range of teams and agencies.

The post will also be part of a supporting the management team, in responding to referrals requiring an 'early help' approach. In addition, for this role you will need to demonstrate that you have supervisory experience and are able to manage staff that work directly with families across the 0-19 age range.

'In addition to a comprehensive suite of employee benefits, this salary includes a Recruitment and Retention supplement of 15%.

You will need to have a solid understanding of safeguarding issues and in applying thresholds of need in relation to Children's Services. You will also need to have a clear understanding the early intervention and prevention agenda. The role will also involve you initially holding more complex cases prior to allocation to a 0-19 Practitioner.

The successful candidate will also have some responsibility for supporting the Early Help Assessment process. Working in the 0-19 EH Hub team and where appropriate provide the Lead Professional role for those requiring complex Early Help Assessments. Building positive relationships with partners from a variety of backgrounds, helping them to build on existing skills and experience and gain confidence in this area.

Part of the role will be to promote the use of the Early Help Assessment process and multi-agency working across the local children's workforce as the means of offering children coordinated support in a timely way, to prevent their needs from increasing.

Supporting in the gathering, analysing and understanding data around integrated working to inform service planning, development and commissioning. To provide a quality assurance role in relation to the Early Help Assessment process.

• 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
• Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
• A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
• Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance

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