About the role
The Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) have an exciting permanent, full time vacancy for an Adult MASH Senior Social Worker.
MASH provides a safeguarding triage function and is committed to making safeguarding personal. This involves engaging with the adult at risk, or their advocate, to agree a way forward which follows the six key principles of s42 enquiries under the Care Act.
MASH works closely with its partner agencies, in the spirit of the Care Act, to share information with the aim of providing the highest quality of response to adults at risk.
The team is co-located, with the police, at The Hex, Police Headquarters and therefore this post will be subject to the outcome of a Police vetting check. We are working a Hybrid model of at least 2 days office based and enabling home working.
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Lynne Englebright, Adult MASH Manager on 0755 759 2008 (Lynne.Englebright@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
Interviews will be held in person week commencing the 30/10/23.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
MASH provides a safeguarding triage function and as a MASH Senior Social Worker, you will be responsible for undertaking a triage function for all safeguarding referrals using a risk-based approach in line with relevant procedures and ensuring the delivery of a high quality and effective MASH service across Cambridgeshire to respond to the needs of service users and their families in a timely manner within statutory guidelines and service specifications.
You will need to provide a response, which is preventative, by signposting to relevant organisations or conduct (or instruct others to conduct) enquiries under section 42 of the Care Act.
You will have excellent communication skills as you’ll be providing advice and guidance to practitioners and working closely with partner agencies.
We also want you to support the Team Manager with MASH staff’s Our Conversations (supervisions) and support the team in taking responsibility for their personal development.
About you
The person we are looking for will:
- Be a registered Social Worker with post qualifying roles and positions
- Have an in-depth knowledge of the Care Act and other relevant legislation and be able to apply these in practice.
- Be an advanced communicator.
- Engage in learning and development and maintaining CPD for Social Work England, as well as demonstrating understanding and experience of complex safeguarding legislation and guidance.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible and creative working arrangements
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile, and for the 2022/2023 financial year)
- A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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