Social Worker – MASH

Experienced Social Worker – MASH

Role: Experienced Social Worker
Location:  Oxford
Team: MASH 
Pay:  Up to £42 per hour
Contract: Full-Time Locum
 

We are working with Oxfordshire County Council to secure them a talented social worker, the local authority is looking for an Experienced Social Worker to join their flourishing MASH team in Childrens Services. This service is responsible for triaging incoming child protection referrals and making sure that vulnerable children receive the help they need. This is a crucial role that requires a dedicated and experienced social worker.

Specific areas of work will vary depending on the team but will include:

• Triage of contacts to the service to ascertain whether contacts from families, members of the community and partner organisations meet the threshold for a statutory social work assessment of significant impairment of a child’s health/development or significant harm, with appropriate information from referrers and the consent of the family (except when over-ridden by a team manager to protect a child from further significant harm)
• To provide an assessment of the needs of family members, their strengths and any risks to children’s health/development or significant harm to the child/ren and develop SMART plans that will meet the needs of family members and reduce risks to children, in conjunction with children and their families
• To work with partners to meet those needs and monitor progress via child in need and core group meetings involving families, young people and relevant professionals.
• To conduct child protection investigations where a multi-agency strategy discussion considers there are grounds to believe the child has or is likely to suffer significant harm and to involve families in developing plans for change which will reduce the risk of significant harm and keep children in their families wherever possible.
• Where children cannot be adequately cared for within their families or their families cannot be engaged to access services that would support them to change and the significant harm threshold is reached, to initiate discussions to seek agreement for s20 or initiate planned or emergency legal proceedings to ensure children are protected in line with departmental policy, procedures and relevant legislation

You should have a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience and a Social Work England registration, MASH experience is highly desireable.

The role allows for some home working, although there will be some office commitment. In addition, this role will offer lots of learning and development opportunities, as well as the chance to progress your CPD.

The hourly rate for this position is £42 per hour and you will be working within a supportive team environment. They need an Experienced Social Worker that is ready to help vulnerable children and their families really succeed and affect change. This Local Authority offers regular support and supervision to ensure the social workers' voice is heard. 

You also need:

•    Social Work England Registration
•    Social Work Qualification
•    Right to Work in the UK

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If you want to know more about this Experienced Social Worker role in Oxford, give Fred Thomas a call on 01635 226350.

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