SW, MASH

Social Worker - Children's MASH
£30.57 - £33.30 Umbrella MOU rate
West Midlands
37 hours p/w 
Shift Pattern: 4 days on 4 days off.
Working within a 6-week rolling rota, day and night and providing a on call

Subject to the requirements of the service, and following appropriate local consultation processes, the working week of individual employees may be arranged over a 7-day period, including weekends, providing that the employees’ average core hours over a pre-determined reference period does not exceed 37 hours.


Job Purpose and Role

• Work within MASH environment providing a high quality and effective social work service to respond to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines.

• Working a rolling shift rota including evening and on call.

• To response to emergency out of hours for adult and children services, assess and plan and deliver focused intervention to safeguard children and adults and promote positive outcomes.

• To work collaboratively with colleagues across the city of Wolverhampton in order to promote the best outcomes for children, families and adults.


Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Work within a busy MASH team day and evenings on a rolling rota.

• Acting as a point of contact for agencies to discuss referral and offer signposting.

• Cover an on-call rota during the night on a rota basis.

• To work closely with partner agencies within MASH, contacting parents to provide a clear, accurate and holistic information of a child and his/her family’s needs in line with statutory guidance.

• Whilst this role is not a case holder roll, there is an expectation to undertake Child Protection investigations whilst working evening and on call. To work within Statutory guidance and policies and procedures.

• To response to adult inquiries and emergencies out of hours, to have knowledge of legislation, policy and support available.

• To understand the context of child development, parenting capacity and family and environmental factors in which to establish the needs of an individual child.

• To assess and balance risk and protective factors within a child/adult protection framework.

• Ensure the voice of the child/young person is present within the referral

• To provide written and verbal reports which are concise, informative and based on analysis of complex evidence.

• To use research findings and statutory guidance to inform social work practice.

• To respond in a timely manner to all contacts from children and their families.

• To deal promptly and sensitively to complaints from service users within the framework of the Council’s Complaints Procedure.

• To maintain an up to date working knowledge of legislation, statutory frameworks and codes of practice relevant to the department in order to ensure that statutory responsibilities are undertaken for children. These duties to include visiting children, arranging reviews, reporting to the court, delivering within timescales and meeting any other national and local performance targets.

• To ensure that case files are well organised, up to date and provide concise and accurate information about a child’s circumstances and plans.

• To comply with statutory guidelines for joint working, including the DfEs Working Together, the Children Act 2004 and the Council's Child Protection Procedures.


What you need:

• A degree in Social Work or equivalent
• Registered with Social Work England
• Completed relevant post-qualifying training
• Enhanced DBS check
• Excellent communication and written skills

 
 
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