Job Title: Social Worker (Children)
Location : Oldham
Working Hours: Hybrid
Rate : £39 per hour
An experienced Social Worker is required to join Oldham’s MASH Service (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) As a MASH Social Worker, you will play a crucial role in assessing and triaging child safeguarding contacts, collaborating with professionals, and ensuring timely support for families.
Responsibilities:
As a Social Worker, you will be responsible for working as part of a co-located multi-agency team, which includes representatives from Greater Manchester Police, Health, Community Safety, Adult Social Care, IDVA, and the Prevention Hub. This co-location enables more effective communication between partner agencies. You will communicate with families, partner agencies, and members of the public to gather details and enable strong, evidence-based decision-making in line with our practice standards and statutory duties. You will have a good understanding of statutory social worker functions and be confident in making informed threshold decisions. Your duties will include answering and screening calls, collecting and collating relevant information, recording, interpreting, and presenting Social Care information, participating in MASH information sharing to inform case management, and presenting challenges where appropriate. Additionally, you will escalate evidence of inappropriate referrals to the duty service and make professional judgments based on the information gathered.
Benefits of the role:
* Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities
* Manageable caseload
* Excellent rate of pay
* Condensed working and part time roles can be discussed
What we are looking for in a Qualified Social Worker:
* Social Work England registration
* Eligible to work in the UK
* Hold a full UK license
* Post-qualified experience
* Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
How to Apply:
If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your application through the Liquid Personnel website or get in touch with us for further information
Why Liquid Personnel?
We offer a ‘Faster Pay’ service to get you paid more quickly, along with twice weekly payroll and an internal ‘hours’ team. Enjoy our free DBS and compliance service, and gain access to a specialist consultant and exclusive roles not available from other agencies. Benefit from free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal, and work with your own dedicated consultant who has extensive social work knowledge. We provide access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK. Plus, take advantage of our “Refer a Friend” bonus, earning £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place, and our “Find your own job” bonus, earning £250 for bringing your own position to us.
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