Job Description
Job Title: Advanced Practitioner - Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub Location: WirralPay Rate: £39.18 PH
Liquid Personnel is currently seeking an Advanced Practitioner to join the MASH Team within Wirral.
What will your responsibilities be?
* Wirral's MASH is the front door for all new referrals for children who may need early help support or children's social care intervention, making important decisions about which services children need.
* As a MASH Advanced Social Worker, you will work within a structure of the MASH teams aligned to 1 team Manager
* Responsible for a daily allocation of MASH referrals, management, direction, oversight and authorisation
* Screening incoming referrals and acting accordingly
* You will need to be able to demonstrate good experience, knowledge and skills of ability to work in front line setting; being able to work with a complex and diverse range of needs and risks; and making effective and timely decisions involving child protection, child in need and Early Help interventions.
* You will need to have had working positively with partner agencies and ability to develop collaborative working relationships with children and their families. Candidates will need to have good knowledge and understanding of legislative framework, relevant research and national developments, and policies relating to children's social care.
Benefits:
* Non-case holding role
* Supportive team/management
* Hybrid working available
* Previous experience of MASH is not essential
Qualifications and Experience:
* Hold a Social Work England registration.
* Be eligible to work in the UK.
* Hold a full UK driving licence.
* Social Work Qualification, degree or equivalent.
* At least 3 years' experience as a social worker within children's services.
* Working in the MASH team is desirable and not essential
Why Liquid Personnel?
* Free DBS and compliance service
* Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service, getting you paid more quickly
* Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies
* Free access to Liquid's exclusive social work training and CPD portal
* Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
* Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
* "Refer a Friend" bonus - get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
* "Find your own job" bonus - get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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