Consultant Social Worker - Family Safeguarding Team

Location Stevenage
Job type Permanent
Salary £39782 - £42683 per annum
Reference HQ00097354_1570029083

Sanctuary Social Care currently has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Consultant Social Worker to work within a Safeguarding Team based in Hertford. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work Practice in Children's Services and be registered with the HCPC.

As the post holder of this role, you will receive a competitive salary of £39,782 - £42,683 per annum.

About the role:

  • This role will include holding a small caseload of complex work while transitioning into a management position.
  • Conduct supervision meetings and supporting other members of the team and providing management cover in the Team Manager's absence.
  • Our Family Safeguarding Teams are multi-agency teams that work with Child Protection and Child in Need cases and conduct the majority of our care proceedings. These are multi-disciplinary teams consisting of professionals in children's and adult social work, domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health will work together to tackle the root causes of risk in families.
  • These teams have the benefit of police support two days per week to assist with aggressive or evasive families and police colleagues will do out of hours visits during evenings and weekends to families on this programme to check on their welfare. Our clinical psychology service will support PLO and proceedings work with specialist assessments.

Requirements of the Consultant Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current HCPC registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
  • You will have comprehensive knowledge of the challenges associated with working with children and their families. You should already have sufficient experience of staff supervision and management and be at the height of your social work career

Apply today:

This Consultant Social Worker job is advertised by Amanda Hubert; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.