Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker - MASH Team
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker within the MASH Team to work full time based in Northamptonshire.
The salary for this permanent Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker job is up to £41,949 per annum.
Responsibilities:
1. Have direct accountability for making decisions on children's cases referred to the MASH and determine actions required, applying appropriate thresholds for statutory intervention to ensure that children are safeguarded within agreed Working Together timescales.
2. Deliver professional leadership for staff within a service team, organise and delegate the workload of MASHOs, providing induction, line management, professional development, and daily operational supervision of support staff in situations of high complexity, ensuring a high standard of service delivery.
3. Improve the quality of casework by undertaking case file audits and ensuring learning from audit activity and formal observations of daily practice is implemented into social work practice.
4. Provide the Team Manager with accurate information and assist with establishing, maintaining, and utilising information systems to ensure best practice as part of a robust quality assurance system and to inform performance and budget management of the team and organisation.
5. Work within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context to develop effective working partnerships with other agencies and services involved to ensure that positive outcomes are achieved in all key areas of service users' lives.
6. Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety, and welfare of yourself and other persons, complying with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.
7. Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope, and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
Requirements of the Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker:
1. CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work or equivalent professional qualification.
2. Management qualification at least at Level 4.
3. At least 1 year's experience of supervising professional staff.
4. Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation.
5. Ability to travel independently to all required areas by the job's responsibilities.
Contact:
This Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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