Senior Practitioner - Service Care Solutions - Social Work : Job Details

Hertfordshire Council are recruiting for a number of permanent Experienced Senior Practitioner's to join their Children's Services.

+ £6,000 p/a market enhanced payment plus £1,000 one off welcome payment

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.

About the role:

Each Team is made up of; a Team Manager, Consultant Social Worker(s), Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Children's Practitioners and Family Practitioners.We are looking for experienced Social Workers to join one of the following teams:

• Family Safeguarding
• 0-25 Disability Service
• Separated Migrant Children
• CLA

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:

It is essential that all Social Workers who apply have the following:

• Qualified and Social Work England Registered
• At least 2 years post qualification experience
• Knowledge of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedures
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft IT package
• Full UK Driving Licence

In addition to the above, below outlines team specific essential criteria:

Family Safeguarding:

• Significant senior level front line experience in a safeguarding team.
• Recent experience of case work in Assessments, Child Protection, Children Looked After and Care Proceedings
• In-depth knowledge of relevant childcare legislation is necessary to undertake work in this role effectively.

Children Looked After:

• Experience of care planning, assessments and reviews.
• Track record of working alongside challenging families.

0-25 Disability Service:

• Ability to complete robust assessments & to assess risk.
• Ability to work in a relationship-based way.

Separated Migrant Children:

• Ability to complete robust assessments & to assess risk.
• Knowledge/experience of working with Separated Migrant Children and of relevant legislation, guidance, policy and procedure specific to Separated Migrant Children.
• Knowledge/experience of working with children and young people subject to or at risk of exploitation including modern day slavery and trafficking.

Additional Benefits for Social Work roles include:

• Monthly Market Enhanced Payment
• One off £1k Welcome Payment* (terms & conditions apply)
• Lease Car Scheme
• Hybrid working model

If you would like to apply for this role please email your CV to or call