Enfield Council
Advanced Social Work Practitioner -MASH
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Senior Social Worker – Screening & Triage (MASH Hub)
Location: Thomas Hardy House, Enfield Salary: £45,393 - £57,477 (per annum, on the MM1 scale) Contract Type: Permanent (36 hours per week) Reference Number: PEO-002710 Closing Date: 15/07/2026 (note: vacancy may close earlier if sufficient applications received) Interview Date: To Be Arranged
About the Role
Are you a qualified social worker with over 4 years’ experience, deeply passionate about protecting children and young people? If so, the Enfield Children’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is looking for an experienced Senior Social Worker to drive outstanding safeguarding practice.
This role focuses on screening/triage of new referrals, gathering high-quality evidence, and making critical decisions on intervention thresholds to protect children at the earliest stage possible. You will support, mentor, and develop others, ensuring collaborative, evidence-based practice across multidisciplinary teams—without a caseload.
By working in our MASH hub, you will be at the frontline of safeguarding, shaping life-saving decisions for vulnerable families in Enfield.
Key Responsibilities
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Screening and Triage:
- Assess all incoming referrals from multiple agencies to determine the most appropriate response, ensuring timely action to safeguard children.
- Gather comprehensive and high-quality information from multiple sources (children, parents, partner agencies) to inform decisions.
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Threshold Decision-Making:
- Determine the need for Early Help, child protection action, or urgent intervention based on statutory thresholds and London Safeguarding guidance.
- Write clear, justifiable, and actionable initial assessments and decisions for safeguarding updates.
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Support and Mentorship:
- Coach and mentor social workers and non-social work colleagues to improve practice and uphold relational safeguarding.
- Share best practice, case studies, and research to ensure consistent, high-quality responses and service improvement.
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Agency Collaboration:
- Work seamlessly with police, health, education, and voluntary services to ensure a unified approach to safeguarding.
- Provide practical solutions to multi-professional teams when assessing a child’s needs or risk.
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Documentation and Record-Keeping:
- Maintain detailed, time-stamped recordings of decisions and actions, ensuring they meet standards for assessment and decision-making clarity.
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Skill and Practice Development:
- Demonstrate strong understanding of current safeguarding legislation, including the Children Act 1989/2004 and London Safeguarding Children’s Procedures.
- Analyse contextual information to challenge biased responses while recognising families’ strengths.
- Stay current with research and best practice, applying insights to decision-making.
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Requirements
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Registration and Qualification:
- Professionally registered Social Worker with Social Work England
- Minimum 4 years post-qualification, statutory social work experience
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Subject Expertise:
- Extensive experience in working with vulnerable children and families, with knowledge of how to support access and participation, including SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability).
- Understanding of children’s needs and risks, including early identify topicalities such as minimising thresholds choices and appointing a local authority children’s comm. safeguarding practitioner and adults interactions.
- In-depth knowledge of policy, legislation, and procedure to effectively evidence decision-making.
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Interpersonal and Professional Competencies:
- Excellent verbal and written communication to build trusting relationships with children, families, and professionals.
- Confidence in upholding the principles of relational practice, ensuring families feel heard and supported throughout complex processes.
- Strong ability to managing individual work and within the multi-agency team to adopt a holistic and professional mindset.
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Practice Skills:
- Ability to analyse information critically and link context/experiences to ensure appropriate actions and services.
- Commitment to collaborative, shared decision-making while taking accountability for your own responses.
- Curiosity and adaptability to leverage external influences (e.g., policymakers) to support children in Enfield.
About Enfield MASH Hub
Why Our Service Matters
Our MASH is the Front Door for all child safeguarding referrals in Enfield. We house multiple agencies to improve collaboration, responsiveness, and consistency in safeguarding.
- Our impact is visible in the lives of every child and family—and the decisions you make can change their trajectories permanently.
- You will have daily access to senior colleagues, consultations, and our leadership framework to support your practice.
How We Support You
Our culture emphasizes high support and challenging practice, ensuring:
- Consistent risk-focused but strength-based assessments.
- Learning opportunities, challenge, and resilience-building frameworks.
- Family-centred support, recognising the impact of decisions on relationships and wellbeing.
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Occupational Values & Principles
For Children’s Rights and Wellbeing
- Valuing their perspectives and empowering their voices in determining their futures.
Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Puts the highest quality outcomes for children at the front and centre of decision-making processes.
Trust and Transparency
- Ensures honesty, clear communication, and consistency in safeguarding assessments.
Benefits
Join Enfield Council and contribute to outstanding outcomes for Enfield’s most vulnerable—but also grow your career.
✅ Competitive salary with performance-related progression on the MM1 scale.
✅ Flexible working options: A mix of in-office and remote work opportunities.
✅ Pension scheme offering an excellent plan through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
✅ 32 days’ annual leave (plus 8 public holidays, with an additional Christmas day off).
✅ Learning & development: Funding for training,**， including 1 month paid sabbatical for children’s social workers.
✅ *Employee benefits:
- Tax-free bike scheme
- Health and leisure discounts
- Free and confidential counselling (via Employee Assistance Programme)
- Interest-free rail season ticket loan
✅ Collaborative culture:
- Open engagement with colleagues and families.
- Open, honest, and respectful environments make teamwork effective.
Equal Opportunities
Name-free shortlisting is in practice:
- Your application should not include your name to ensure anonymity—a diverse, skilled workforce depends on fair evaluation criteria.
For More Information:
- Speak to Michelle Boreland (Ext. 0445) or Claire McCutcheon (Ext. 0194) for further discussion.
- Enfield Social Care Centre of Excellence provides transparency on professional support, training, and resources for staff. Visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence.
Apply now. We’re exciting to open the door for those ready to have an impact—because children’s voices deserve to be heard.
Enfield Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All recruitment decisions are made in line with this commitment.
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