CSW - Children's Senior Practitioner (Band 4)
City of Westminster Council
26th October 2026 - 18th January 2027
£28.56 per hour
4 Frampton Street, London, NW8 8LF
Resilience
Crisis Intervention
Report Writing
Multi-agency collaboration
Safeguarding
Child Social Worker
Role
Who You Are
An experienced Senior Social Worker with a strong background in safeguarding, particularly in relation to Child in Need (CIN) and Child Protection (CP) plans, interventions, and court work. You should have excellent report writing and court work skills.
What the job involves
This role involves covering for approximately 6 months in a safeguarding team. You will undertake duty calls and crisis intervention, work with families whose children are under CIN and CP plans, engage with multi-agency partners to safeguard young people, manage difficult to engage service users, build support networks, and complete court-related matters, including LPM, PLO, emergency orders, ICO, and care orders.
Skills
- Calm, resilient, with a sense of humour
- Multi-tasking under pressure
- Organised and clear communication
- Systemic approach to working with service users
- Team player