Senior Social Worker MASH Children Social Services

Connect2Luton; Luton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect2Luton, on behalf of Luton Borough Council, seeks a Senior Social Worker MASH to prioritise the most vulnerable and at-risk children and families. You will signpost or hand over contacts to appropriate staff to ensure timely, high-quality action.

Responsibilities include handling diverse enquiries, managing complex caseloads, and coordinating with partner agencies within the MASH, employing advanced safeguarding knowledge and professional judgment.

Qualifications

• Substantial post-qualifying experience in child and family social work.
• Experience coaching/mentoring and practice teaching.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and practical application.

Responsibilities

• Work with the MASH Deputy Team Manager to handle enquiries from diverse sources.
• Manage a complex caseload of initial contacts for vulnerable children and families.
• Demonstrate advanced professional knowledge and safeguarding practice.
• Gather, record and analyse sensitive data on the relevant database.
• Take ownership of enquiries and provide progress updates to referrers.
• Liaise with partner agencies within/outside the MASH in response to contacts.

Skills

Post-qualifying experience

Coaching/mentoring

High safeguarding expertise

Prioritisation & time management

Developing others

Communication & relationship skills

Job description

Role:

Senior Social Worker MASH

Department:

Children, Families and Education Services

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Senior Social Worker MASH on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children, Families and Education Services department.

Main purpose of position:

To prioritise the most vulnerable and at risk individuals and recommend appropriate advice and action, ensuring that all contacts are signposted or handed over to appropriate staff and services for timely and high quality action.

As a Senior Social Worker for MASH, you will be responsible to:

• Work closely with the MASH Deputy Team Manager to deal effectively with all enquiries from a variety of sources.
• Manage a complex caseload of initial contacts requiring a high level of skill relevant to the needs of the most vulnerable / at risk children and families .
• Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and initiative to demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding in accordance .
• Effectively and comprehensively gather record and analyse sensitive and confidential data on the relevant database .
• Take ownership of enquiries and provide feedback to referrers on progress of referrals .
• Liaise closely with partner agency representatives within and outside of the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub in response to contacts .

Skills and Experience

• Substantial post qualifying experience including in - depth experience in the field of child and family social work .
• Demonstrable experience of coaching / mentoring including practice teaching .
• In - depth ability to demonstrate a high level of competence in the practice of child and family social work .
• Demonstrable ability to organise and prioritise work, planning tasks and working well to competing deadlines and meeting agreed targets .
• Ability to develop the professional needs of others and work closely with partners in the MASH as well as externally .
• In-depth ability to communicate and build effective relationships with customers, staff, public and other professionals .

DBS

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates