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£40,444 to £47,665 - grade and salary subject to experience
£40,444 to £47,665 per annum - grade and salary subject to experience
Working Hours:
37
Location:
Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley
Closing Date:
11/09/2026
Job Type:
Sector:
Local Councils
Business Unit:
Children's Services
Job Introduction
Location:- Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley. DY5 1 LW
Full time post :- 37 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 who are in need of 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 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 .
- Screen and assess contacts and referrals, applying thresholds consistently and effectively.
- Provide timely, proportionate decision-making that ensures the child’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 risk analysis.
- 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.
- A commitment to reflective learning, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced triage setting.
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.
Interviews Dates WC 21 September
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.
Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness . The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so .
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications
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