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Develop your social work practice at the frontline of family support

In Kensington and Chelsea, we put children at the heart of decision-making, working in collaboration  with our partner agencies to provide high quality services that are responsive, effective and child focused. The MASH Team is a Tri-borough service that includes Westminster City Council employees and Hammersmith & Fulham. We have high aspirations for children and young people in the boroughs, we were judged as ‘outstanding’ in all areas in our most recent Ofsted inspection. 

The Role:

Drawing on the expertise of partners in education, the Police, social care and health, our Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) provides a quick and effective response to referrals of concern from across all three boroughs. As a MASH Team Social Worker you’ll provide the vital first point of contact, talking to families and professionals over the phone, completing risk assessments, and making onward recommendations and referrals to ensure children are safeguarded and families are supported at the earliest opportunity. It’s a fast-paced and challenging environment, but you’ll be surrounded by a highly supportive team.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

We’re looking for a highly skilled communicator who can approach families with empathy and insight, listen to their stories and understand their unique challenges.  As a qualified and registered social worker, you’ll have experience of working with vulnerable children and families from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and have experience of working in a statutory setting. You’ll ideally have some understanding of our systemic practice model but you will have the opportunity to access our systemic training programme. You should be used to working collaboratively with a range of professionals to protect and support children and their families.

In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk