Consultant Social Worker – Front Door

About the Role Here at Warwickshire County Council, we put children and families at the heart of everything we do. We aim to ensure that Warwickshire’s children, young people, parents and carers receive the right help at the right time. We are passionate about supporting communities and families to build on their strengths and relationships and find their own solutions. We are excited to be launching this brand-new role and we are looking to recruit experienced and passionate social workers to undertake the role of Consultant Social Worker in our Front Door. Responsibilities: Be a role model for good social work practice. Provide mentoring, coaching support and practice expertise to less experienced team members. Demonstrate a passion for achieving better outcomes for vulnerable children and their families through restorative practice. Conduct supervision meetings and support other members of the team, assigning and authorising work and providing management support. Possess a comprehensive knowledge of the challenges associated with working with children and their families. Minimum Requirements: A professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration. We are keen to receive applications from committed and experienced Social Workers. If you do not meet the essential criteria in relation to Enabling Others and Teaching and Assessing for Professional Practice (TAPP), you will be supported to complete within the first year of appointment. Our Offer to you includes: Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload. Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas. Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex-colleague/friend. About the Front Door The Front Door is the point for all referrals where members of the community and professionals refer children and young people living in Warwickshire where they are worried about their safety and welfare. This is an office-based post with no face-to-face work with children and families. There is also the requirement to support and supervise Children and Families Advisors. Opportunities: Make informed threshold decisions at a managerial level using the threshold documents and protocols agreed by all partner agencies. Manage information sharing from all agencies, recording the concerns on appropriate databases, analysing both historical and current concerns to achieve a timely response adhering to timescales. Ensure that an appropriate pathway is followed for ongoing intervention. Provide consultation and advice to agency referrers about thresholds, appropriate actions and outcomes, and signpost as appropriate. Supervise alternatively qualified staff. Additional Information: Warwickshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS

code of practice

and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. For more information please contact Carmen Lazea, (Operations Manager of Warwickshire’s Integrated Front Door) on

carmenlazea@warwickshire.gov.uk Closing Date: 23 rd

January 2025 Should you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact

hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk

and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of underrepresentation in its workforce.

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