Children's Social Worker – Front Door (MASH) in Dudley

Children's Social Worker – Front Door (MASH)

Location:- Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley. DY5 1LW

Full time post :- 18.5 hours per week

Open to both Grade 9 and Grade 10 candidates

Our Front Door is the first point of contact for children, young people, and families who need our help and protection. We are transforming our service to ensure that every child receives a timely, proportionate, and effective response — and we are looking for a skilled, passionate social worker with excellent communication, analysis and decision-making skills to join our amazing team and journey.

Open to both Grade 9 and Grade 10 Social Workers, you will play a key role in our Front Door, working alongside partners from Police, Health, Probation, Change Grow Live, Education and Early Help to ensure children are safe and supported and get the right support at the right time.

This role will require you to be able toconfidently:

• Screen and assess contacts and referrals, applying thresholds consistently and effectively.
• Provide timely, proportionatedecision-making that ensures thechild's voice and lived experience is at the centre.
• Work collaboratively with multiagency partners as part of a dynamic, fast-paced triage environment.
• Contribute to strategy discussions, safety planning, and riskanalysis.
• Ensure high-quality recording and clear rationale for decisions.
• Support continual improvement within a learning, supportive team culture, offering guidance and oversight to Front Door Advisors.

We are seeking practitioners who:

• Enjoy working in a high-energy and fast-paced environment.
• Are registered with Social Work England.
• Have experience of working in a Children's Front Door or social work assessment team.
• Possess strong analytical skills with the ability to make sound,child-centred decisions.
• Demonstrate confidence in managing risk, applying professional curiosity, and applying thresholds consistently.
• Demonstrate excellent partnership working and communication skills to ensure children get the right support at the earliest opportunity.
• Acommitment to reflective learning, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced triage setting.

If this is you, we would love to hear from you!

As a valued member of our service, you will benefit from:

• Asupportive leadership team
• Regular reflective supervision
• A comprehensive training and Continued Professional Development offer
• Career progression opportunities
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Generous annual leave and local government pension scheme

The post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date - TBC

Interviews Dates TBC

For an informal discussion please contact Jo Phillips, Interim Principal Service Lead – Front Door, Partnerships and EDT jo.phillips@dudley.gov.uk or 01384 813200.

So that we can demonstrate Dudley's commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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