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SalaryBe a Social Worker for Hampshire County Council and practice in an Outstanding Authority
We are seeking experienced and passionate Social Workers to join our Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub Team, based at Hampshire County Council's frontline contact centre in Fareham. Our MASH team provides triage and multi-agency assessment of safeguarding concerns. Working closely with the Children Reception Team, we work to protect the most vulnerable children from harm, neglect and abuse.
Using your professional knowledge and experience you'll make assessments and decisions about the most appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills you'll establish and maintain relationships to ensure services meet identified needs.
You'll be committed to facilitating effective multi-agency solutions to ensure positive and sustainable outcomes. Using best practice, you'll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you'll have a passion for supporting children and families to ensure that they thrive and flourish.
Registered with Social Work England, you will be highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans. You will need to be creative, flexible and forward thinking in your approach, whilst constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children. Please note there is no face to face contact with families.
What are we doing for our Social Workers?
We encourage our teams to be creative and autonomous, while enabling them to work flexibly. We are committed to providing regular, reflective and effective supervision to support you, while ensuring you also have the working conditions you need for good practice to flourish.
We will provide you with:
• Annual leave starting from 25 days per annum and rising to 28 days based on experience and length of service.
• A hybrid tablet device, so you can work more effectively and flexibly.
• 5 personal development days per annum.
• Ample progression opportunities.
• Hybrid working options to fit around today’s lifestyles.
• Assistance with relocation by offering up to £8,500 for experienced Social Workers wanting to move to Hampshire (subject to management approval).
In addition to working for one of the top performing children’s social care authorities in the country, Hampshire is also one of the best places to live and work.
Located on the south coast, with excellent transport links up and down the country, Hampshire offers the perfect blend of rural and city living. You’ll find miles of lovely coastline, nature reserves and heritage sites, which are just some of the benefits of living and working in Hampshire.
