Mash Decision Maker- Children’s Services

7 months ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Triumph Consultants Ltd Full time

**What's involved with this role**:
**Interim Decision Maker
- Safeguarding and Children’s Services**
**Reference no**:
**NCT (HQ) 12665**
**Pay rate: £26.64 per hour PAYE**
**This opening assignment is for 3 months**
**Enhanced DBS required**
**Hybrid working, aprox 3 days in the office per week.**
**The post holder will deliver high quality social work services, at a level appropriate for a professionally qualified post, to young people and families to ensure the welfare of children and young people is safeguarded and they are protected in accordance with the legal and statutory obligations of the Council. **Key responsibilities:

- Triage referrals making MASH enquiries, speaking to parents, agencies
- Make threshold recommendations - i.e. does it need assessment, can it go to Early Help
- Attend strategy discussions
- Give direction to MASH Officers (call handlers)
- Have direct accountability for making decisions on children’s cases referred to the MASH and determine actions required
- 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
- 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.
- Provide the Team Manager with accurate information and assist the Team Manager with establishing, maintaining and utilising information systems.
- 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 user’s lives.
- 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.

**“Specific Role Requirements” - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria**: Experience & Knowledge / Technical skills
- Degree in Social Work/ Certified Qualification in Social Work (CQSW)/Certificate in Social Service (CSS)/ Diploma in Social

Work (SW-SP)/ Home Office letter of recognition.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Care Council on the Social Care Register
- Knowledge of statutory and multi-disciplinary frameworks.
- Knowledge and understanding of using appropriate assessment tools and research.
- Knowledge of legislation, national policiesand procedures for Social Work
- Knowledge of the impact of abuse to children through research and what specific intervention is required to improve outcomes for children
- Experience of supervising and mentoring staff within children’s services.
- Experience in managing positive working relationships.
- Experience of working within assessment processes and child protection environment.
- Experience of conflict resolution in casework delivery, identifying and managing risks to children.

Skills & Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to use word and excel to produce reports, carry out correspondence and keep accurate records.
- Effective negotiating skills, working within the Council and with partner Agencies
- Ability to prioritise work, responding to crisis situations and balancing risk to service users and staff.
- Ability to identify and manage risk to children and respond immediately to ensure safeguarding actions are taken.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.**
**_To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF._**
**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:

- **Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.**
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been

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