Experienced Social Worker - Front Door Service

What will you be doing?

Are you an experienced social worker looking to use your skills in a different way?

Kent's Children's Front Door Service offers a unique opportunity to work at the heart of safeguarding. As part of one of our Front Door teams, you will play a crucial role in identifying children who may need help, protection, or support, ensuring that families receive the right response at the right time.

This is a role for social workers who have extensive post qualification experience in UK front line local authority children’s social work. It is a great opportunity for social workers who enjoy analysis, decision making and engaging with partner agencies. Every day you will respond to new requests for support and safeguarding concerns, gather and evaluate information, and use your professional judgement to make recommendations that can have a significant impact on children's lives.

Working within a fast-paced and supportive environment, the successful applicant will be working within a duty rota system with their team members, utilising core social work skills in assessment and analysis underpinned by the Kent Integrated Children's Services Practice Framework. They will further develop skills in risk assessment, threshold application, information sharing, and multi-agency safeguarding. No two days are the same, providing exposure to a wide range of complex situations and opportunities to continually develop your practice.

Why join Kent's Front Door Service?

- Make a difference at the earliest point in a child's journey.

- Develop advanced skills in analysis, safeguarding and decision making.

- Liaise with police, health, education, and other partner agencies.

- Gain exposure to a diverse range of complex safeguarding issues.

- Be part of a supportive team environment.

- Enhance your professional development and broaden your social work experience.

- Benefit from KCC’s attractive benefits package including an annual retention market premium.

This role is ideal for an experienced social worker who enjoys critical thinking, collaborative working and making informed decisions in complex situations. If you are looking for a fresh challenge that will broaden your safeguarding expertise while allowing you to make a difference for children and families every day, we would love to hear from you.

This post is considered by Kent County Council to be a customer facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh Sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the job description/person specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

About you

Bryony Khadaroo | Service Manager – Children’s Front Door and Out of Hours Service |Kent Integrated Children’s Services I Kroner House, Eurogate Business Park | Ashford| TN24 8XU | (03000) 422259

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.