Senior Practitioner

Are you a Qualified Children's Social Worker looking to work in the West Midlands?Are you wanting to work as a locum for a supportive and reliable local authority?

Dudley have a strong permanent workforce in place, they offer excellent training to all workers, have a relaxed and friendly office environment, offer regular supervisions and free parking.

Want to join them and support their adolescent safeguarding service?

Following the recent service re-design and the launch of the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding Model, the Adolescent Safeguarding Services work with older children [aged 13 to 17] in a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams. Core partner agencies include CAMHS emotional wellbeing workers, Substances Misuse Workers, Money Mentors, Youth Mentors and Domestic Abuse Workers.

Integral to the Adolescent Safeguarding Services is the Dudley Child Exploitation Team [DEx], which support children at risk of exploitation across children's social care. The key partner agencies supporting the DEx are the Police, Health colleagues, Barnardo's, Phase Trust and the Violence Reduction Partnership.

In other words, the Adolescent Safeguarding Services are integrated and co-located multi-agency and multi-disciplinary social work teams based in the Council office at Corbyn Road, Dudley.

Job Requirements:

• Eligible to work in the UK
• A recognised Social Work qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent as recognised by the relevant professional body.
• 18+ months post qualifying experience
• SWE Registration

Benefits of working for Connect2SocialWork:

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to a wide range of roles nationwide, as well as exclusive roles to C2SW
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive knowledge
• Work for an agency owned by Kent County Council
• Prompt and reliable payroll system
• "Refer a Friend" bonus - get £400 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• "Warm Welcome" bonus - get £250 when you secure a role through our agency*

If interested in this role or any other, please contact Lisa Hallinan on or email a CV to

About Connect2SocialWorkConnect2SocialWork is wholly owned by Kent County Council. In addition to our links with KCC, we have managed services in place with Hampshire County Council, Surrey County Council, Luton Borough Council, Dorset Council and Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.

All posts are subject to satisfactory DBS check and references. *Terms and conditions apply!

Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.