Social Worker

2 months ago


Slough, United Kingdom Frontier Consulting Full time
Job Description
Are you passionate about promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing and interest of the child? Then we have a Social Worker role available for you in the MASH team in Referral & Assessment service.
The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all potential safeguarding concerns in relation to children. MASH is a co-located team which brings together agencies and their information, in order to identify risks to and needs of children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective and joined up actions. The purpose of MASH is to make the right decisions for the right families at the right time. This in turn will ensure timely and necessary actions to improve the outcomes for vulnerable children.
Please note, the MASH team is required to work from our office for the first 3 months of the appointment.
If you're looking for a new challenge and want to be art of an exciting time for children's services in Slough then come and join us.
Main Accountabilities
* Promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of the child/young person at all times and throughout all aspects of work.
* Be responsible for managing an independent workload, ensuring legislative requirements are met to a high standard and within required timescales.
* Thoroughly assess, critically analyse, plan and implement suitable interventions for complex cases that fulfil statutory regulations, instigating proceedings and taking cases to court as required whilst effectively managing risk at all time and seeking support from senior team members when required.
* Produce concise, well-structured assessments, plans and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgements and ensuring that all recommendations are followed.
* Where cases are to be transferred to another service or partners, ensure that there is a clearly recorded transfer plan.
* Maintain accurate, up to date, evidence-based records safely and confidentially, in line with statutory requirements..
Person specification
* Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent
* Demonstrable post qualifying experience as a social worker working with children and families
* Social Work England registered
* Knowledge and application of the legal framework and assessment process in Children’s Social Care
* Knowledge and understanding of the values and principles underpinning the involvement of children, young people and families/carers, including the right to access independent advocacy and complaints processes
* Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues
* Knowledge and application of social work interventions in at least one area of practice
* Ability to gather and assess information to inform judgement in complex situations and in response to challenge, clearly reporting and recording analysis
* Ability to use a range of interventions effectively and evaluate them in practice to ensure that the correct outcomes are achieved
* Ability to manage and prioritise own workload independently, maintaining professionalism in challenging circumstances and seeking support and suggesting solutions for workload difficulties
* Acceptance and commitment to the principles of human rights and equality and how they underpin practice
* Understands and has experience of the statutory framework underpinning social work
* Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
* Some experience in using electronic case management skills
* Current UK driving license and access to a vehicle
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