Social Care and Safeguarding
Current Vacancies
Please click on a job title to view job details :-- Independent Chair - Barnet Adoption and Permanency Panel
- Multi-Agency Coordinators
- Social Work Senior Practitioners (CAF)
How to apply
- Select the job you wish to apply for
- Download and complete the application form
- Email completed application form quoting the appropriate reference to sharedservicesrecruitment@barnet.gov.uk
- Alternatively you may post your application to:
- Shared Services Recruitment, London Borough of Barnet,
- Building 4, North London Business Park,
- Oakleigh Road South,
- London N11 1NP
Ensuring that children are safe and secure is the responsibility of the whole community and we will continue to work with parents, schools and the police to help children feel safe wherever they are in Barnet. The responsibility for overseeing safeguarding work rests with Barnet's Children's Service Social Care and Safeguarding, which continues to provide a hugely valuable service through five specialist divisions: Assessment, Children in need, Children in care, Provider services, Specialist services.
Assessment Division
This division makes comprehensive need assessments and provides children and young people with support to remain safely at home in the care of their parents or families. This division also incorporates hospital social work teams and Child and Adolescent Mental Health services
Children in Care Division
This division is responsible for supporting children and young people in care to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Children in Need Division
This division is responsible for helping children and young people remain safely at home in the care of their parents or families.
Provider Services Division
This division is responsible for fostering and adoption services, as well as our two residential homes.
Specialist Resources Division
This division is responsible for commissioning and providing a range of resources to support children and young people in care and leaving care to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Safeguarding Division
This division has lead responsibility for auditing and monitoring the services offered to children in need and their families and supports the development of the Safeguarding Children Board.
We are committed to the protection of children. All applicants will be interviewed in line with our safer recruitment policy and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced CRB check.
