Supervising Social Worker/Senior Practitioner - Family & Friends Team

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Job Title: Supervising Social Worker/Senior Practitioner - Family & Friends Team
Location: Stevenage
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary Range:
Supervising Social Worker starting salary of GBP25,951pa progressing to GBP32,486pa
Senior Practitioner starting salary of GBP33,437pa progressing to GBP37,306pa
Both roles attract a GBP2k annual market forces payment and GBP1k welcome payment

Job Duties:


We are looking for candidates who want the opportunity for a fresh challenge, within a unique part of the Fostering Service, which plays a key role in the assessment of Family placements and making permanent plans for vulnerable children.

We are seeking professionally qualified social workers, registered with HCPC who have demonstrable post qualification experience of working with children and young people. Direct experience of working within a Fostering Service is not essential, but confident assessment skills, an ability to engage and communicate with children and carers and an understanding of safeguarding, are key requirements. You will be supervising carers and completing a range of assessments (Special Guardianship and Family and Friends), which is one of the main responsibilities of the team.

There will be the opportunity to extend experience of work within the court arena and work closely with other professionals and services, inside and outside Hertfordshire, to effectively care plan for children.

You will also require flexibility to complete assessments and provide support to carers when out of county. You will contribute to the delivery of training and group work for carers, take part in the team's duty system and be involved in arranging annual events for children and their families. You will also join, at a time where there is a new opportunity to access funding from the Adoption Support Fund, to provide therapeutic services.

In return for this we offer a supportive team environment, with regular supervision, access to training and opportunity to share learning.

For an informal discussion please contact: Zoe Tubb, Team Manager on


Closing date: 3 rd October 2017
Interview: w/c 16 th October 2017

Please specify in your supporting statement which role you wish to be considered for.

Additional Information

Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. For more information click here

Application Information

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As part of the application you will be prompted to provide a supporting statement which is your opportunity to evidence how your skills, knowledge and experience match what we are looking for based on the PERSON SPECIFICATION area of the attached Job Outline. If you do not supply a supporting statement, your application may be rejected.

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PLEASE NOTE:

All questions marked with a * are mandatory question and must be answered - you will not be able to submit your application until all mandatory questions have been answered .

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.