Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified (Windsor & Maidenhead) Location :Town Hall, Achieving for Children, (Windsor & Maidenhead) Hours Per Week :37.00 Start Date : Immediate Start Start Time : 09:00 End Time : 17:00 Salary: £28.91 About the role The Social worker will work as a key member of a MASH with the primary function of screening and responding to all new referrals into children’s social care. They will support the team in delivering high quality and effective services to children, young people, and their families/carers. The Single Point of Access (SPA) Social Worker will be responsible for supporting management of SPA in screening and gathering further information on all referrals that come into the SPA as needed. This will include having a good telephone manner when speaking with parents, professionals and strong communication skills when offering face to face consultations. The post holder will be expected to consider the information gathered, analyse that data and make recommendations about referrals with final authorisation from the SPA Management. In addition, they will be required to respond to safeguarding calls and telephone consultations to identify risk at the initial stages and provide advice accordingly and to respond to information requests from external professionals in line with the Data Protection Act. About you: our role specification Qualifications ● Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work. ● Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field i.e. social work, leadership and management. ● Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development. Skills and experience ● Strong knowledge and application of all areas of social work ● Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery. ● Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with. ● Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform own decision making. ● Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people). ● Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children’s Act) and national policy drivers that will affect children’s services and your role (in this role it will include knowledge of and understanding of the KS2 and KS3 national curriculum). ● Experience of completing short-term work to meet needs and preventing long term social work ● involvement ● Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them. Personal attributes ● A passion for Achieving for Children’s vision, mission and values (trust, value. respect) to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives. ● Able to use a range of digital hardware or so