Qualified Childrens Senior Practitioners - 0-25 Together Service

Starting Salary: £41,511 per annum + £6,243 pa market enhanced payment progressing to £45,718 per annum + £6,084 pa market enhanced payment PLUS £1k one off welcome payment*

Base Location: Apsley, Hemel Hempstead; whilst you will have a base, each team has a geographic area they cover which will require regular access to a vehicle in order to travel to meetings.

Additional Benefits:

• Monthly Market Enhanced Payment
• One off £1k Welcome Payment* (terms & conditions apply)
• Lease Car Scheme
• Up to £6 relocation expenses
• Hybrid working model
• 5 Days additional annual leave entitlement
• SWE Registration Fee paid

About The Service

At Hertfordshire County Council, we believe that the children and young people in our care deserve the best. And that means ensuring the social workers who work alongside them are trained, supported, and highly motivated.

As an innovative authority, we are committed to developing motivational social work practice and you will be trained to work in this way. You will be working at the forefront of best practice to deliver first class support to vulnerable children and families which will expose you to managing complex and diverse caseloads.

By changing our approach to families, they are changing their approach to us and we are managing to keep far more children at home safely with their families.

With dedicated Diversity & Inclusion strategy and focus groups, we promote diversity and inclusion across the delivery of services and within our workforce.

We will offer a stimulating working environment, regular supervision meetings and training opportunities to help you to reach your full potential with the assistance and guidance of our specialist L&D teams.

The overarching vision for Children’s Services is that we work in a ‘flexible and balanced’ way with a focus on ‘continuous improvement’; this is underpinned by a ‘mix and blend’ approach by adopting hybrid ways of working, balancing the need for collaborative workspaces with the right technology for staff to work from home and touchdown areas where this is right for you and for our families.

About The Role

We are looking for experienced Senior Practitioners to join our 0-25 Disability Service.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will already have highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work practice. Your advanced expertise and knowledge will help you to take the lead on complex cases within the department.

This is a varied and challenging role where you will have shared responsibility for leading less experience staff. You will have a key role in researching and sharing up to date social work practice alongside creating a clear vision for the future and ensuring the best outcomes for children and their families are realised.

About You

We are pleased to offer sponsorship of eligible roles that met the UKV&I requirements for candidates who currently reside in the UK at the time of application.

It is essential that all Senior Practitioners who apply have the following:

• Qualified and Social Work England Registered
• At least 2 years post ASYE experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedures
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft IT package
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Regular Access to a vehicle
• Ability to complete robust assessments & to assess risk.
• Ability to work in a relationship-based way.
• Knowledge/experience of working with Disabled Children and Young People
• Knowledge of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedure specific to Disabled Children and Young People

To read more about our service and opportunities available visit our Childrens Social Work page

Recruitment timeline: We review all applications on a regular basis with interviews arranged on an ad hoc basis - please check your emails for updates.