Salary: £45,662 - £48,062 (Inclusive of 10% market supplement)
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: Friday 02 May 2025
Are you an experienced Social Worker who excels in supporting children and families within crisis? Join our MASH Team in our Integrated Front Door (IFD) service for a rewarding opportunity.
Experience a team with a balanced work-life schedule. The role doesn't involve case-holding, as long-term work is delegated to our Support and Safeguarding Teams.
Main duties of the job
We achieved an Outstanding rating from Ofsted in September 2023, with the IFD receiving positive inspection feedback. Our service offers a 24/7, 365-day response to concerns for children and young people. We offer a single access point for all contacts and referrals aligning with statutory and local guidelines for child safety and wellbeing.
As a MASH Social Worker, your focus is on efficiently recognising and managing risk and promoting positive opportunities for Wiltshire's young people. You will remotely engage with partners, family members, and young people to make decisions and regularly collaborate with early help, partners and area teams.
We are seeking an experienced and registered Social Worker with a strong understanding of the needs of vulnerable children, including those affected by trauma and those in care. Our ideal candidate will have up-to-date knowledge of key child care legislation, policies, and practices, as well as current guidance related to safeguarding and working with children and young people. A proven ability to work effectively within legal timeframes, including involvement in court proceedings, and completing high-quality assessments, reports, and care plans will be essential.
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
1. To be the primary worker with case responsibility for children in need, children in need of protection and children looked after - depending upon the function of the dedicated team.
2. To operate within the council policy and keep up to date with social work methods, practice developments, new legislation and procedures, including the Children's Act 2004.
3. To be responsible for the day to day interpretation of and implementation of statutory duties and departmental policy and procedures in the provision of services to children and young people.
4. To be allocated work from the team manager or any person delegated to act on their behalf based on eligibility criteria and to hold case management responsibility for this work.
5. To complete enquiries and assess the needs of and risks to vulnerable children and young people in a timely manner giving due consideration to the wishes and views of the child and the child's family. This will include the completion of S47 enquiries, single assessments and engaging service users and other relevant persons in the work base, homes or any other appropriate venue e.g. hospital, school etc.
6. To take appropriate action to assess and minimise any identified concern or risk to children/young people in accordance with the requirements and timescales of assessment frameworks, child protection procedures and looked after children legislation and procedures.
7. To draw up and implement, with the child/young person and their family/carers, an appropriate plan to address identified issues and to maximise the participation of service users and carers in this process ensuring that social work intervention is ongoing only when necessary in people's lives.
Person Specification
Please refer to the role description for further information and duties.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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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