MASH Officer needed with Achieving for Children

StartDate- ASAP

Location - Windsor and Maidenhead

Duration - Initially 3 months

Hoursperweek - 37 hours per week

Salary - £17.72 per hour

As an administrator at Achieving for Children you will be the access point for service users, other professionals and members of the public taking and managing the referral process for referrals concerning the safeguarding of children.

Description:

• Through the MASH, the access officer will work in partnership with the police, health and mental health, probation, and adult services to share information so that we can together provide the most appropriate response to concerns about children.


• Safeguarding administrators will be part of a high impact and high profile service managing initial contacts, where at times there will be emotional demands in responding to customers, who may be distressed.


• MASH officers must develop and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external partners including the Police, Education, Health, Probation and the voluntary Sector to ensure the safeguarding referrals are responded to effectively and in a timely manner.


• MASH Access Officer will provide secretarial and administrative support including preparing correspondence, collating papers for key meetings and performing general office administration which will include maintaining and updating the teams database and client database so that colleagues have access to up-to-date records.

What is required?

• Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders


• Experience of keeping and maintaining records


• Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children's Act) and national policy drivers that will affect children's services and your role.


• An awareness and understanding of the Children's Social Care Sector and social work practice and relevant legislation underpinning this in particular safeguarding.

If you are interested please call Erin Webbe on 01772208964 or email me your CV - erin.webbe@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS;

• A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact


• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!


• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK


• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.


• Payroll service twice a week.


• Ltd and PAYE payment options available.


• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.


• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.


• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.