Senior Safeguarding Practitioner - Hybrid Lead

Ackerman Pierce; England; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Ackerman Pierce is recruiting for a Senior Practitioner in Safeguarding North Herts 1. The role involves managing complex statutory work, providing professional leadership to social workers, and ensuring timely, person-centred safeguarding outcomes.

Hybrid working with Hertfordshire Children's Services; you will hold a complex caseload, perform assessments, form intervention plans, contribute to multi-agency planning, and supervise less experienced staff while upholding safeguarding standards.

Qualifications

• An experienced, qualified Social Worker with registration as required for the assignment.
• Strong statutory practice experience and confidence working with complex safeguarding and risk.
• Able to provide professional leadership while remaining accountable for an allocated workload.
• Clear, analytical and collaborative, with high standards of written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Hold and progress complex cases in accordance with the remit of the allocated service.
• Complete and quality-assure assessments, plans, reports and statutory interventions.
• Provide professional guidance, constructive challenge and practical support to colleagues where required.
• Identify, analyse and respond to safeguarding concerns and changing levels of risk.
• Contribute to effective multi-agency planning, decision-making and service development.
• Maintain high standards of recording, accountability and timely case progression.

Skills

Statutory practice

Leadership

Communication

Risk assessment

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Ackerman Pierce is recruiting for a Senior Practitioner in Safeguarding North Herts 1. The role involves managing complex statutory work, providing professional leadership to social workers, and ensuring timely, person-centred safeguarding outcomes.

Hybrid working with Hertfordshire Children's Services; you will hold a complex caseload, perform assessments, form intervention plans, contribute to multi-agency planning, and supervise less experienced staff while upholding safeguarding standards.