Permanent part-time Consultant Social Worker in the Family Connect team, the single point of contact for children's safeguarding enquiries and referrals in the county. The post models reflective, strengths-based practice, mentors social workers and child and family advisors, allocates and authorises work and escalates concerns to the child protection team. It is office-based with no direct work with families, though home working may follow induction, and it suits an experienced social worker seeking a senior practitioner role. Current Social Work England registration and significant safeguarding experience are required.
What the job involves
- Model reflective, ethical safeguarding practice in line with the Warwickshire Practice Framework
- Provide mentoring, coaching and specialist practice guidance to social workers and child and family advisors
- Demonstrate restorative, strengths-based and relationship-led practice to improve outcomes for children and families
- Provide management oversight and screening direction
- Allocate and authorise work
- Escalate safeguarding concerns to the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team for threshold decisions and strategy discussions
- Facilitate group supervision and targeted one-to-one sessions
- Apply a strengths-based understanding of risk, safe uncertainty and risk management, working restoratively with families in crisis
Qualifications
- Recognised professional social work qualification
Registration & licences
- Current Social Work England registration
Experience
- Significant experience of safeguarding children and working with families
- Experience within complex and high-risk contexts
Skills & knowledge
- Confident, proportionate and well-informed decision-making using Warwickshire's Spectrum of Support
- Understanding of thresholds and appropriate escalation of concerns
- Calm, reflective and approachable manner that inspires confidence and trust
- Resilience, organisation and professional curiosity in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Working effectively in multi-agency and multidisciplinary partnerships
- Modelling restorative and strengths-based practice and supporting a culture of learning
Checks & eligibility
- Relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check
Other
- Ability to speak and give advice in accurate spoken English to the public
What’s offered
- Full reimbursement of the annual Social Work England registration fee
- Volunteering & Wellbeing Day
- Generous annual leave, bank holidays and an additional Christmas closure day
- Refer a Friend scheme for eligible roles
- Generous pension scheme with employer contribution typically around 19 percent
- Agile working
- Access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform
- Supervision focused on wellbeing and manageable workloads
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
