Senior Practitioner

Caritas Recruitment; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join its Family Safeguarding service in Stevenage, offering a permanent, full-time role with hybrid working options. This position involves managing a caseload, providing support to families, and ensuring children's safety, with opportunities for career progression in a high-performing team environment.

Benefits

Holistic Support Package for Mental and Physical Wellbeing

Subsidised training

Free DBS check

CV writing service

Interview technique coaching

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years post-ASYE experience in children's safeguarding.
• Proven ability to manage risk and high-quality casework.
• Registered with Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex and varied caseload.
• Conduct assessments and Section 47 investigations.
• Lead and contribute to strategy meetings and planning processes.

Skills

Report writing

Communication

Managing risk

Education

Social Work degree / DipSW / CQSW

Tools

Mosaic

Job description

Senior Practitioner Family Safeguarding Hertfordshire County Council - Permanent

• Senior Practitioner required to join the Family Safeguarding service
• Full-time, permanent position
• Office base: Stevenage (covering East Hertfordshire) or Hemel (covering West Hertfordshire)
• Case-holding role with hybrid working options
• Salary package: 47,754 per annum
• - Basic salary: 41,511
• - Market enhancement: 6,243 (paid monthly on a pro rata basis)
• - Welcome payment: 1,000 (one-off payment upon successful completion of 6-month probation)

About the Role:

Hertfordshire County Council is recruiting experienced Senior Practitioners to join its Family Safeguarding teams across the East and West of the county. This is a vital, high-performing service working directly with families in need of support, delivering effective, relationship-based interventions.

This is a great opportunity to join an Outstanding local authority, where the Family Safeguarding model is nationally recognised and supported by a strong infrastructure of multidisciplinary partners and clinical professionals.

You'll be working in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment with opportunities for development and career progression.

Key Responsibilities:

• Holding a complex and varied caseload
• Undertaking assessments and carrying out Section 47 investigations
• Leading and contributing to strategy meetings, child protection conferences, and planning processes
• Developing robust care plans to ensure children are safeguarded and supported
• Contributing to service development and mentoring junior team members

What We're Looking For:

• At least 2 years post-ASYE experience in a children's safeguarding team
• Proven ability to manage risk and deliver high-quality casework
• Strong report writing and communication skills
• Confident using Mosaic (desirable but not essential)
• Able to commute to base office (Stevenage or Hemel) with hybrid working available

To Be Considered:

• You must hold a recognised Social Work qualification (Social Work degree / DipSW / CQSW)
• Registered with Social Work England
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship
• Enhanced DBS required
• References will be requested

If you're interested in discussing this permanent opportunity, or if you'd like to register with Caritas, please contact Anton Mostert on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Caritas Recruitment are a specialist recruitment agency for Qualified Social Workers at all levels. We supply Qualified Social Work staff to over 150 local authorities, UK wide, on a permanent and temporary (locum/contract) basis. If you know of someone who might be interested in this vacancy, please ask them to get in touch; we offer a 300 referral bonus scheme for each friend/colleague you refer plus an additional 500 on your fifth referral!

Reasons to register with Caritas:

• Honest & Supportive Career Consultant
• Additional Dedicated Payroll Consultant
• Holistic Support Package for Mental and Physical Wellbeing
• Access to the broadest range of temporary and permanent vacancies nationwide
• Access to Exclusive Projects
• Subsidised training
• Free DBS check
• CV writing service
• Interview technique coaching

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.