Social Worker - Children and Families Hub
Permanent, Full Time
£37,185 to £50,081 per annum
Location: Colchester
Working Style: Fixed-base worker
Closing Date: 29th March 2026
About the Role
The Children and Families Hub is the single point of access for Children’s Social Care. Its primary purpose is to ensure that children and young people and their families receive early help, advice and support to assist in protecting them from significant harm, promoting their development and wellbeing. The Hub identifies the lowest appropriate level of support needed to bring about change, supports good parenting and promotes children’s emotional wellbeing. It plays a critical role in engaging parents and professionals in interventions that can bring about change in families, with the aim of delivering an outstanding service to children and families in Essex.
The role reports directly to a Senior Practitioner and is a member of a large team of social workers and alternatively qualified staff. The postholder focuses on delivering excellent social work practice, offering advice to professionals who have safeguarding concerns for children and undertaking triage to establish whether there is an ongoing role for children’s social care to assist parents in ensuring their child’s safety. The postholder is responsible for maintaining the highest possible standards in social work practice, working in accordance with defined legal frameworks, policy and procedures.
Responsibilities
* Deliver excellent social work practice.
* Provide advice to professionals with safeguarding concerns for children.
* Undertake triage to determine ongoing role for children’s social care to assist parents in ensuring their child’s safety.
* Collaborate with a team of social workers and alternatively qualified staff.
* Work in accordance with legal frameworks, policy and procedures.
* Work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, and be mobilised into fieldwork teams in emergency or contingency circumstances.
Skills & Knowledge
* Diploma or degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent.
* Registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.
* Demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards (e.g., PCF, KSS).
* Experience in case recording.
* Ability to apply social work knowledge, using emotional intelligence, analytical skills and act with confidence in challenging social and family situations.
* Proficient with information technology and related systems (e.g., Word, social work case recording systems).
Disability & Equality
Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to interviewing all disabled applicants who apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We also commit to interviewing all veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process, please contact our recruiters.
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