Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker - MASH

Posted 25 September 2024
LocationNorthamptonshire
Job type Permanent
ContactTerena Liddon

Job description

​Opus People Solutions on behalf of Northamptonshire Children’s Trust have an exciting opportunity for Senior Social Worker/Decision Maker to join thier Mash Team on in a permanent role.

This role will be full time with 37 hours per week and will be based at Criminal Justice Centre in Brackmills.

In this role you will deliver high quality social work services, at a level appropriate for a professionally qualified post, to young people and families to ensure the welfare of children and young people is safeguarded and they are protected in accordance with the legal and statutory obligations of Northamptonshire County Council.


To mentor, guide and manage Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub Officers (MASHOs) and provide high quality case work decisions and operational supervision of staff within the team to ensure that their work meets Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards of proficiency and contributes to the achievement of social work service objectives.

As part of an operational social work team make case decisions regarding the actions needed to ensure the safety and needs of children are met in line with Working Together 2018 timescales. Contribute to the overall management of the MASH team in order to meet service objectives, key performance targets and statutory requirements of social service legislation.

If you are a qualified Social Worker, with Social Work England registration, and have proven 3 years of experience of working in a 'Front Door' , and you strive to make difference and this is a role for you then we would love to hear from you.