Senior Social Worker Safeguarding Hub/Front door
This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and experienced social workers to join our team in playing an integral role in promoting the safety and wellbeing of children and their families across Sheffield.
The Sheffield Safeguarding Hub/Front Door brings together a range of statutory and non-statutory resources involved in supporting and safeguarding the welfare of children in the City of Sheffield. We work together to provide the highest level of knowledge and analysis, ensuring that activity and intervention is timely, proportionate, and necessary.
Our last Ofsted inspection report says:
“Children’s services in Sheffield are good. Children and families in Sheffield benefit from effective and accessible early help. Strong partnership working and the support of a range of specialist services help to improve children’s lives. Children are at the centre of practice and they benefit from child-focused staff and services. The views of children are valued by senior leaders and are listened to at all levels within the organisation”.
In this role of Senior social worker, you will work as a key member of a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub with the primary function of undertaking screening and responding to all new referrals into children’s social care. The Safeguarding Hub is the first point of contact for children, young people and families in need or in need of safeguarding within the City of Sheffield.
You will be a member of a team delivering high quality and effective services to children, young people, and their families/carers. Additionally, you will promote and safeguard the welfare of children who live in the city complying with relevant legislation and regulation, maintaining the highest professional standards and ensure the consistent application of the threshold to step up from early help to children’s social care.
Applications for these exciting roles are welcomed from qualified and registered experienced social workers with significant experience in Local Authority statutory services who have strong communication, engagement and analytical skills to allow them to safeguard children & young people and engage effectively with a wide range of agencies. You will have a sound knowledge of relevant legislation and experience of working in a front line team with a thorough understanding of thresholds and universal services. You will ensure that you apply consistently high standards to ensure better outcomes for children and their families.