Social Worker – Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
We have an exciting vacancy in the Children's Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub for a Social Worker. 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.
Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension, and mileage:
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
* 6 days of protected time each year to support maintaining your Continuous Professional Development.
* A relocation package of up to £8,000 (eligibility applies).
* A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills.
* A Refer a Friend Scheme where if you refer another Social Worker to us who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, we'll pay you an introduction fee of £350.
* Access to our Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE) who will support your development, enabling you to become the best practitioner you can be.
For more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure attached to this advert.
Job Responsibilities
As a MASH Social Worker you will:
* 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.
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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