Children's Front Door Team - Exeter (Devon Council)

Children's Front Door Team - Social Worker - Exeter

Pay rate - £38 (Umbrella)

Devon Council 

We’re seeking experienced social workers to support our children and young people across Devon.  

Located in Exeter, our Childrens Front Door is the central resource for the whole of Devon receiving all safeguarding and child protection enquiries. The Front Door is staffed with professionals from a range of agencies including police, health, education, probation. These professionals share information to ensure early identification of potential significant harm, and trigger interventions to prevent further harm or to safeguard children’s welfare. 

The Front Door staff gather and review information from a range of agencies and use this to decide the most appropriate way to support a family and ensure the needs of children are met. Where appropriate, the Front Door team is able to immediately trigger a response, the emphasis being on interventions to the child or young person and their family to prevent harm. Working together in this way ensures that the agencies are sharing information and can respond to a child’s needs quickly and efficiently. 

Working in this manner has resulted in more effective and earlier identification of vulnerable children. Ensuring their intervention is not only timely but also proportionate to their needs. It also improves communication between professionals. A degree of remote working is offered with an expectation to work in the office 2 days per week minimum. 

Devon's Front Door journey. 

Devon's Children's Front Door has been on a journey of improvement, marked by significant progress over the past eleven months. Our focus has been on fostering a culture that prioritises the safety and well-being of children and families, streamlining services for easier access, and enhancing collaboration with partner agencies. We take pride in our dedicated workforce and the positive impact we've made on families in Devon.

Benefits of working for Hoop:

• 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
• Your local agency based in Cardiff
• Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in Welsh throughout your job search 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
• PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
• Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
• Twice weekly payroll
• Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
• Provides free training sessions (Contributes CPD)
• Refer a friend scheme available
• Birthday gifts 🎂
• Wellbeing sessions

To apply for this role, you will need to hold -

• A relevant Social Work Qualification
• Registration with Social Care Wales
• Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
• 3 Years of referencing
• Driving license with access to a car

Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.

Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on 02922 400519 if you want to find out more.