Social Worker – Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
We have exciting vacancies in the Children's Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub for 3 Social Workers. For more information please see below.
Main Duties of the Job
We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic Social Workers, who have the child's voice at the heart of everything they do, to join us in our MASH team!
MASH is a lively, fast-paced team with a passion for ensuring that children, young people and families in our community receive a positive and timely service. The work is rich, varied, and allows for a high level of multi-agency working, often to tight timelines. The nature of our work means that you see positive outcomes quickly.
You will be joining a highly effective and supportive team made up of both social care qualified and alternatively qualified staff. We are co-located with Health, Police, Adult Social Care, Early Help, and Education colleagues, as well as a number of virtual partners, in the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) based at the Police Headquarters, Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon. Our team is supported by Children's Information and Advice Officers (CIAOs), which makes administrative tasks much more manageable.
We pride ourselves on providing all workers in the MASH with a friendly, safe, and supportive environment to work in. This is a hybrid post with required days in the office and other days working from home.
If this sounds like an environment where you would thrive, we would love to hear from you! For more information, call Nathalie on 01223 475920 or email joinus@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
This is a rolling campaign and we check applications daily, don't wait to apply!
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This role will be required to work from a police building and therefore this post will be subject to the outcome of a Police vetting check.
We support flexible working requests from day one of employment and are open to discussing different working patterns to help you bring your best self to work.
Job Responsibilities
* Complete multi-agency inquiries, using verbal and written communication skills to engage with families, MASH workers, and partner agencies to apply thresholds for intervention and to analyze levels of risk on a daily basis.
* Act as the lead professional and ensure all matters in respect of safeguarding are dealt with promptly, effectively, and in line with child protection procedures, escalating where necessary.
* Undertake assessments to identify and respond to needs, building on strengths and ensuring that analysis is robust and leads to clear outcomes that can be met through SMART targets.
* Engage with children, young people, and their families to develop effective and empowering relationships which facilitate change and improve outcomes.
* Produce reports and plans for a variety of forums, including court, which are child-focused and reflect their experience.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have strong communication and decision-making skills. You will be able to demonstrate that you can think creatively in delivering targeted support and intervention and have a significant level of knowledge and experience in Children's Social Care.
You must be a qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration and have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently. For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
About Us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban center in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon, and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organization, and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role, please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Person Specification
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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