Advanced Social Worker - Children FIRST (former MASH)

Coventry City Council; Coventry; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Coventry City Council seeks an experienced Social Worker to join the Children FIRST team as an Advanced Practitioner, providing safeguarding expertise and coordinating information to support decisions for children and families.

You will manage competing demands, work with partner agencies, and ensure robust record-keeping, reporting to multi‑agency forums as required. DBS check and Right to Work in the UK are mandatory.

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding decisions for children and young people.
• Ability to manage competing demands and prioritise contacts.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate information requests and checks.
• Participate in strategy discussions and multi‑agency forums.
• Represent children's services in Multi‑Agency Risk Assessment Conferences.

Description du poste

Our Values

Coventry City Council is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join its dedicated Children FIRST team as an Advanced Practitioner. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a fast-paced, multi-agency environment where your expertise will directly contribute to safeguarding and supporting children, young people, and wider families.

Children FIRST brings together the former MASH and Early Help front door into one service, involving key professionals from across partner agencies to facilitate effective information sharing, analysis, and decision-making. The service plays a vital role in ensuring children and young people receive the right support at the right time through robust safeguarding processes and collaborative working.

What is the job role?

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Advanced Practitioner who can work in a fast-paced, multi-agency environment and provide expertise on support and safeguarding decisions for children and young people.

The candidate will manage competing demands, prioritise contacts, and work efficiently alongside partners to gather and triangulate information to make evidence-based best-interest decisions.

The candidate will be responsible for processing and coordinating information requests, undertaking checks, participating in and contributing to strategy discussions as well as working collaboratively with partner agencies. A key aspect of the role is ensuring accurate record-keeping and timely processing of information and as an Advanced Practitioner there will be additional duties for candidates to undertake such as being the children's services representative in forums such as Multi‑Agency Risk Assessment Conferences etc.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Advanced Practitioner who can work in a fast-paced, multi-agency environment and provide expertise on support and safeguarding decisions for children and young people.

You will be able to manage competing demands with the ability to prioritise contacts, working efficiently alongside partners to gather and triangulate information to make evidence-based best-interest decisions.

You will be responsible for processing and coordinating information requests, undertaking checks, participating in and contributing to strategy discussions as well as working collaboratively with partner agencies. A key aspect of the role is ensuring accurate record-keeping and timely processing of information, and as an Advanced Practitioner there will be additional duties for candidates to undertake such as being the children's services representative in forums such as Multi‑Agency Risk Assessment Conferences etc.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!

Interview dates: Week commencing 19th October

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change. We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse. At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things. To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities. If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more, please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council

Attached documents

• A Candidates Guide to Coventry City Council Childrens Services.pdf
• Coventry City Council Application Process.pdf
• Advanced Social Worker Job Description and Person Specification.pdf