Senior Social Worker Emergency Duty Team (Children & Family Services)

This is an exciting opportunity to join Enfield’s Children & Family Services Emergency Duty Team (EDT) as a senior social worker. The team provides a statutory out of hours emergency response to children, young people and their families where their circumstances require immediate intervention. As such, the team plays a vital and essential role in safeguarding and supporting our most vulnerable residents. The team has recently been established in response to a service review, which concluded that a dedicated children & families team would enhance our existing generic service response.

Senior social workers within the EDT will be line managed through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) – the ‘front door’ team of Children & Family Services. The MASH receive notifications and referrals from a range of sources and makes decisions as to the most appropriate service response through information gathering and analysis. The interface with EDT is critical to ensure that emergencies that arise out of hours are transferred to daytime services as fluidly as possible.

Successful applicants will be committed to provide an effective and responsive service in emergency situations to children, young people and their families in accordance with relevant statutory legislation and guidance, including the Children Act 1989, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, the London Safeguarding Procedures, and the Concordat on Children in Custody 2017. Additionally, they will require excellent communication skills, the ability to work autonomously and to respond swiftly to emergencies, as well as the ability to work with a diverse range of agencies and teams. Good IT skills are also essential.

We work in a supportive and friendly environment and are committed to encourage professional and personal development. We aim promote and improve the standing of the social work profession by developing career pathways and professional development opportunities for practitioners at all levels.

If you have vision, creativity, and commitment, can work under pressure and are looking for a new challenge that can make a positive difference to people’s lives, we would like to hear from you.

Join our dynamic team and enjoy a flexible work schedule! We offer evening shifts from 5pm to 2am, Monday to Friday, and two shifts on weekends, public holidays, and the December additional day off: 8am to 5pm and 5pm to 2am. Embrace the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a diverse team!

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’s paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children’s Social Care.

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.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact John Lawrence-Jones (john.lawrence-jones@enfield.gov.uk) or Natalie Rollock (natalie.rollock@enfield.gov.uk) for an informal discussion.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Iona Mackinnon iona.mackinnon@enfield.gov.uk or at 020 4526 5336

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".