Senior Practitioner ? Family Safeguarding
Salary: £49,282 - £53,460 / Year
Job type: Permanent
Location: Hertfordshire
Save Share Apply now Senior Practitioner – Family Safeguarding
Salary: £42,839 + £6,443 market-enhanced payment, progressing to £47,181 + £6,279; plus £1,000 welcome payment
Contract: Permanent
About the Team:
Senior Practitioners join Hertfordshire’s multi-disciplinary Family Safeguarding Teams, working alongside adult-specialist practitioners from substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse. The model emphasises motivational interviewing, shared decision-making, and reflective group supervision.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead and manage a protected caseload of complex cases.
2. Provide professional supervision, mentoring and consultation to social workers and practitioners.
3. Oversee assessments, enquiries, court work, and child protection interventions.
4. Promote and embed strengths-based, motivational interviewing practice within the team.
5. Support service development, quality improvement, and reflective learning.
Person Specification:
6. Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
7. Several years’ post-qualifying experience (ideally in safeguarding, assessment, or care proceedings).
8. Leadership and decision-making skills, with experience of managing risk.
9. Excellent knowledge of childcare legislation, frameworks, and multi-agency working.
10. Strong communication and reflective practice ability.
Benefits:
11. £1,000 one-off welcome payment
12. Monthly market-enhanced payment
13. Social Work England registration fee reimbursed
14. Additional annual leave
15. Hybrid working model
To Apply / More Info:
Please contact Phil – Ackerman Pierce
📞 020 3854 6682
✉️ ppuaca@ackermanpierce.com Save Share Apply now