Support Worker - Childrens Practitioner - MASH Team

We are looking Childrens Practitioner - MASH Team within Hertfordshire County Council.

The Role

• The role of a child practitioner is to support the social workers within their role, this includes;
• Supporting the Social workers completing and obtaining consent, via email and face to face
• Completing chronologies, Case summaries and genograms
• supporting to complete early waring case transfers when cases are being transferred to family safeguarding services.
• supporting with closing cases
• supporting with stepping cases down to early help services.
• completing CAFCASS information requests
• supporting with Child Looked After requests.
• Completing safeguarding welfare check forms
• Direct work with children to encompass the Voice of the Child
• Supporting the Child Advice and Information Officer in the team when required
• Help to facilitate Child Protection Medicals for children and sometimes transport children to medicals.
• Chair pre births meetings
• Support in completing MARAC research when needed
• Referrals to universal and community bases services
• Support to complete Genograms

Experience preferred:

Minimum of 12 months' experience of working within the Health and Social Care sector as a Support Worker in the UK

The team:

• Well-structured organised team, growing their staffing levels

Minimum Requirements:

• 1 year experience in a similar role within the UK
• Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

To discuss this role, or any similar vacancies we have available in Hertfordshire, please contact Faye Whitehead on (phone number removed) or email to