Essex County Council
Social Worker – Children and Families Hub
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver excellent social work practice.
- Offer advice to professionals with safeguarding concerns.
- Undertake triage to determine children’s social care needs.
- Support parents in ensuring children’s safety.
- Adhere to legal frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Maintain the highest standards of social work practice.
Skills and Expertise
- Diploma or degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent.
- Registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.
- Proven capability in accordance with current professional standards (e.g., PCF, KSS).
- Case recording skills.
- Application of social work knowledge with emotional intelligence and analytical skills.
- Confidence in challenging social and family situations.
- Good working knowledge and ability to use information technology and social work case recording systems (e.g., Word).
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends, and be mobilised into fieldwork teams in emergencies.