Social Worker

Salary: £57,006 – £63,090 per year

Senior Social Worker Children’s Services

Are you passionate about promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing and interest of the child? Then we have a Senior Social Worker role available for you in a MASH team in the Referral & Assessment service.

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all potential safeguarding concerns in relation to children. MASH is a co-located team that brings together agencies and their information, in order to identify risks to and needs of children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective and joined up actions. The purpose of MASH is to make the right decisions for the right families at the right time. This in turn will ensure timely and necessary actions to improve the outcomes for vulnerable children.

Day to Day

• Act as a senior professional, using knowledge and experience in a specialist area and from own professional experience to provide advice, support and ‘critical friend’ challenge on cases to colleagues to support them in their work.
• Take responsibility for a student working in Slough Children First, carrying out their supervision alongside the Assistant Team Manager
• Be willing to work towards the Practice Educator Professional Standards for social work, especially stage 2.
• Management of the team duty rota.
• Take a strong role in team meetings so that they are efficient and effective, leading team meetings as required in place of the Assistant Team Manager and Team Manager.

Your Requirements

• Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent 
• At least 3 years post-qualifying experience as a social worker with demonstrable experience in complex or specialist casework 
• Social Work England registered 
• Knowledge and application of the legal framework and assessment process in Children’s Social Care