Job Description

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 knowledge of current legislation, have demonstrated your experience and abilities in respect of working in partnership with children, young people, families, and partner agencies. You will have over 4 years experience of working with vulnerable children and their families, preferably in a statutory setting, and ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form, as well as the ability to work individually and as part of a team. Your drive, enthusiasm and high aspirations will contribute to our journey to deliver exceptional outcomes for the children and young people of Enfield.

About us

Our MASH in Enfield is the Front Door for referrals into our Early Help Services and Children’s Social Care. We are a co-located service with several partner agencies who support our work with children, young people and their families.

Our social work practice with children and families is so important. It can be both incredibly challenging and hugely rewarding. The responsibility of working with families where the decisions you make and the power of your influence can shape and change lives, can be difficult. You will have day to day access to experienced team members for consultation to support you in your role.

How we will support you

We will support you in your practice and decision making so you never feel alone. Our culture of high support, high challenge provides our workforce with relevant training and learning to undertake great practice and creates spaces for them to learn from others and receive appropriate challenge to help ensure that the decisions they make are the right ones for children and families. The relationship you will build with families in the MASH will be central to the help we can offer and how they will experience and receive this.

About the role

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.

To be considered for the Advance Practitioner role, your application will demonstrate that you:

Have a thorough understanding of current legislation and the London Safeguarding Children Procedure and Practice Guidance and be committed to relational practice.
Can work in a multi-disciplinary environment
Relevant legislation, regulations and recognise and build on families’ strengths to create change.
Are skilled in analysing information and understanding families’ experiences and contexts to ensure they receive the right services within the right framework.
Are curious and have a commitment to supporting children and young people in Enfield in practice and in your recording.

In order to attract high calibre candidates to fulfil our ambitions, we are offering competitive packages, excellent training and development opportunities, and to be part of a highly committed workforce, partners and colleagues striving to deliver even better outcomes for children and young people in the borough and to be the best they can be. Enfield-Council-Plan-2023-2026-Your-Council.pdf

Contact Details

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Michelle Boreland on 0208 132 0194 or Claire McCutcheon 0208 132 0445 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.

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. For more information please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/

“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. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
A 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. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

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