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Pixel Personnel
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Norwich, Norfolk
Consultant Social Worker - MASH
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £275 per day (£37 per hour) |
Overview
Pixel Personnel are currently recruiting for experienced Qualified Social Workers to join our clients MASH service based in Norwich, Norfolk as a Consultant Social Worker. Excellent rates of pay on offer at £275 per day (£37 an hour equivalent) The Children’s Advice and Duty Service is a new service which will be effective from October 2018 and will provide a single point of contact for professionals, children and their families who have safeguarding concerns relating to children in Norfolk. Those working within the service will offer consultation and expert advice to referrers in order that safe and timely decisions are made about children. This is a new role and has been developed to ensure that children receive support from services that are best placed to meet their needs. The Children’s Advice and Duty Service Consultant Social Workers will discuss the concerns with the referrer, negotiate and agree a pathway for the child going forward. This may include offering advice and guidance through coaching partner agencies raising the concern. The Consultant Social Workers will work alongside Pathway Advisors who will provide support, advice and guidance for professionals, children and their families where there are no safeguarding concerns but the children concerned are in need of support to ensure that the concerns for them do not escalate. Consultant social workers will be prepared to carry out some face to face direct work with children and families during out of hours (5:30pm – 8:00pm and weekends) as part of our crisis intervention service when it is deemed that to do so the accommodation of that child will be prevented. Other Job Information (e.g. any special factors or constraints) The Children’s Advice and Duty Service is co-located with Police and safeguarding colleagues from health. Together they will discuss and decide the level of response required for safeguarding concerns. You will be required to be flexible to meet the challenging and demanding needs of the service and therefore there will be some working ‘unsocial hours’. Key objectives: To ensure timely and safe decision making for children. To ensure that children get the right support from the service most likely to be able to meet their needs. To support others, both internal and external to the department, to improve their practice. To ensure all partner agencies consider consent (unless to do so, compromises the child’s safety) and take a holistic look at the family issues/needs. Consistent information sharing and decision making Every contact will have an outcome Reduction in the number of social work assessments which are inappropriately directed to Social Care teams, including the removal of duplicate information. Improve working relationships between agency partners within and external to any Children’s Advice and Duty Service model. Preventing unnecessary accommodation of children. Requirements: A professional qualification in social work and experience of working with children and young people, in particular previous experience of working within a front line team. Eligibility to work in the UK Registered social worker with the HCPC Benefits of working with Pixel : Your own dedicated & experienced consultant Free on-going training opportunities upon registering as part of our commitment to you. Competitive Rates of pay Recommend a friend scheme – Receive £300 per successful referral Secure your own role Scheme - Receive £350 for finding or bringing your own position to Pixel Personnel In house payroll, providing weekly payments and support Enhanced DBS completed for free upon registering If you would like to find out more information about this role, or the other opportunities Pixel Personnel have available feel free to click the 'Apply' button below or contact the team on 01920 898 704 or email your CV to us at contactpixelpersonnel.co.uk Terms and conditions are applicable to the recommend a friend and secure your own role scheme.