Consultant Social Worker

Permanent part-time Consultant Social Worker in the Family Connect team, the single point of contact for children's safeguarding enquiries and referrals in the county. The post models reflective, strengths-based practice, mentors social workers and child and family advisors, allocates and authorises work and escalates concerns to the child protection team. It is office-based with no direct work with families, though home working may follow induction, and it suits an experienced social worker seeking a senior practitioner role.

Current Social Work England registration and significant safeguarding experience are required.

• Model reflective, ethical safeguarding practice in line with the Warwickshire Practice Framework
• Provide mentoring, coaching and specialist practice guidance to social workers and child and family advisors
• Demonstrate restorative, strengths-based and relationship-led practice to improve outcomes for children and families
• Provide management oversight and screening direction
• Allocate and authorise work
• Escalate safeguarding concerns to the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team for threshold decisions and strategy discussions
• Facilitate group supervision and targeted one-to-one sessions
• Apply a strengths-based understanding of risk, safe uncertainty and risk management, working restoratively with families in crisis

• Recognised professional social work qualification

• Current Social Work England registration

• Significant experience of safeguarding children and working with families
• Experience with in complex and high-risk contexts

• Confident, proportionate and well-informed decision-making using Warwickshire's Spectrum of Support
• Understanding of thresholds and appropriate escalation of concerns
• Calm, reflective and approachable manner that inspires confidence and trust
• Resilience, organisation and professional curiosity in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Working effectively in multi-agency and multidisciplinary partnerships
• Modelling restorative and strengths-based practice and supporting a culture of learning

• Relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check

• Ability to speak and give advice in accurate spoken English to the public

• Full reimbursement of the annual Social Work England registration fee
• Volunteering & Wellbeing Day
• Generous annual leave, bank holidays and an additional Christmas closure day
• Refer a Friend scheme for eligible roles
• Generous pension scheme with employer contribution typically around 19 percent
• Agile working
• Access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform
• Supervision focused on wellbeing and manageable workloads