Social Worker - Mash Team in Manchester, Lancashire

Job Title: Social Worker – MASH Team
Specialism: Social Worker – Children
Location: Manchester, UK
Salary: £35.00 per hour

Social Worker within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Team in Manchester, earning £35.00 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, giving you the chance to play a crucial role in safeguarding children and young people across Manchester. Working within a fast-paced multi-agency environment, you will be responsible for screening referrals, assessing risk, and ensuring children receive the right support at the right time.

This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your safeguarding expertise while benefiting from the flexibility and variety that locum work provides.

Perks and benefits:

• Part Time / Full Time: Choose a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you maintain a healthy work-life balance.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £35.00 per hour, rewarding your knowledge, experience, and dedication.

• Multi-Agency Experience: Work alongside professionals from a range of sectors, expanding your skills and strengthening your safeguarding expertise.

• Professional Development: Access ongoing learning opportunities to support your continued growth and career progression.

• Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of locum work while continuing to make a meaningful difference to children's lives.

• Varied Caseload: Gain exposure to a wide range of safeguarding concerns, ensuring every day presents new challenges and opportunities.

• Meaningful Impact: Play a key role in protecting children and supporting families at critical points of need.

What you will do:

• Safeguarding and Assessment: Receive, screen, and assess referrals relating to children, young people, and families, ensuring timely responses to concerns.

• Risk Analysis: Gather, analyse, and evaluate information to identify risk, determine thresholds, and recommend appropriate interventions.

• Multi-Agency Working: Collaborate with Greater Manchester Police, Health Services, Education Providers, and other safeguarding partners to support informed decision-making.

• MASH Decision-Making: Participate in multi-agency discussions to ensure children receive the right level of support and protection.

• Case Management: Manage a workload of referrals, prioritising cases according to urgency and risk.

• Early Intervention: Identify opportunities for early help and preventative support to reduce escalation of concerns.

• Child Protection: Recognise and respond to risks of significant harm, supporting strategy discussions and safeguarding enquiries where required.

• Information Sharing: Ensure information is shared appropriately and lawfully to support effective safeguarding arrangements.

• Record Keeping: Maintain clear, accurate, and timely records in accordance with legislation, policy, and professional standards.

• Professional Practice: Maintain Social Work England registration, engage in Continuous Professional Development, and contribute to service improvement initiatives.

Why Manchester

Manchester is one of the UK's most dynamic and diverse cities, offering an outstanding mix of culture, innovation, and opportunity. With excellent transport links, thriving communities, a world-renowned music and sporting heritage, and a vibrant social scene, Manchester provides an exceptional environment in which to live and work. It is a city that values diversity, creativity, and community, making it an inspiring place to build your social work career.

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