About the role This is a fantastic Social Work opportunity to work within the London Borough of Enfield as an experienced social work practitioner. As an advanced social work practitioners you will be supporting the Children In Need and Child Protection Service make a difference in lives of vulnerable children. In your role, you will support the manager with role modelling to include supervising of social workers and acting as a expert when responding to the needs of children and their families. The role also entails assisting with overseeing the quality of work and performance to ensure a safe experiences and progress of children who need help and protection. About Enfield Council Our team is based in the bubbling heart of Enfield Town, situated in a modern newly designed client facing service hub. The new office has bespoke areas for service users and is an environment which supports our smart working policy. Experience and skillset required - You will have extensive experience working in a Statutory Social Care Setting with children and families. - Leading practice improvements across a team and service to include contributing to developing practice within the team and providing mentoring and support less experienced social workers/ASYE’s/students. - Lead on practice by providing reflect practice to the team. - Support the daily duty service, to provide a coordinated response to concerns and crisis that arise. - Have skills and experience in assessing and effectively managing high risk and complex cases, providing a responsive service. - You will also need good skills in analysis and report writing and be able to meet tight timescales. - Demonstrate effective and multi-agency information-sharing. - Ensure children are regularly seen and undertake a wide range of sensitive direct work with parents and children that helps children to understand their lived experiences and promotes change. Our offer A further offer is the continued investment in accessing Enfield's high quality training and access to targeting resources to assist in providing collaborative working aimed at protecting and improving the outcomes for children in Enfield. You will also benefit from flexible working arrangements as well as receive learning from practice support through consistent and supportive formal and informal supervision to include celebration of your achievements. Contact Details If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Wendy Morris on 07976 988 699 for an informal discussion. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Iona MacKinnon on 020 4526 5336 or email [email protected] 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.