Advanced Social Work Practitioner

About the role
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Advanced Social Work Practitioner to join our dynamic Child Protection and Children in Need Team. In this pivotal role, you will manage the most complex and high-risk cases, ensuring timely and effective interventions that safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. You will also act as a mentor and consultant to colleagues, and represent the service, play a key role in supporting the Team Manager by role modelling best practice and providing supervision to social workers. You will act as a subject matter expert in responding to the needs of children and their families, ensuring that interventions are timely, effective, and child-centred. A crucial part of your role will be to assist in overseeing the quality of practice and performance across the team, helping to ensure that children who need help and protection experience safe, consistent
support and make meaningful progress.
About Enfield Council
Enfield Council is committed to delivering high-quality services that make a real difference to the lives of our residents. We are proud of our diverse community and work collaboratively across departments and with external partners to ensure the best outcomes for children and families. Our values of openness, respect, responsibility, and working together underpin everything we do.
About you
You will be a qualified and registered social worker with substantial post-qualifying experience in statutory children’s services. You will have a proven track record of managing complex cases, delivering high-quality assessments and interventions, and working effectively with multi-agency partners. Your ability to lead, mentor, and inspire others will be key, as will your in-depth knowledge of relevant legislation, child development, and best practice in safeguarding.
Our offer to you
In addition to a competitive salary and generous benefits package, we offer a supportive and inclusive working environment where your professional development is a priority. You will have access to high-quality training, regular supervision, and opportunities to contribute to service development. We value your expertise and are committed to helping you grow in your career.
Contact Details
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Ana McLeod on 0208 132 0585 for an informal discussion.
If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Andy Kingsbury, Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor on 0208 078 5976 or andy.kingsbury@enfield.gov.uk

Enfield’s Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/
“This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment”.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.