MASH Targeted Early Help Officer
Social Care
Family Work
Oldham Council
Children and Young People
Family Connect
Ref: G5/OL-91847
Contract Type: Permanent.
Salary: Grade 5 £29,269 – 32,076 p.a.
Hours: 36:40 per week
Based: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), Spindles office
Closing date: Sunday 5th May 2024
Interview dates: Thursday 16/05/24 and Friday 17/05/24
Job Description and Person Specification.doc
Role overview
Working within the targeted early help team in the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), you will support the process of triaging contacts to enable children and families to be referred to the early help support appropriate to their assessed needs.
Key responsibilities
- To support the process for triaging contacts to the Children’s Services front door by:
- Gathering information from family members and professionals about the reason for the contact, and the support needs of the child(ren) and family the contact refers to;
- Analysing this information in order to make a clear assessment of their support needs;
- Identifying services currently providing support to children and families;
- Researching the previous support history of children and families through interrogating data on relevant databases
- To develop and maintain strong working relationships with professionals in a wide range of services delivering services and support to children and families.
- To develop and maintain knowledge and understanding of the services and resources available locally to meet the needs of children and families, and how to access these.
Key Requirements
To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:
- Experience of working in a service delivering services or support to children, families or vulnerable adults
- To be qualified to NVQ level 3 in a relevant field such as Child Care, Health and Social Care
- Experience of successfully working in a team following standard operating procedures to manage large volumes of activity to quality standards under pressure of time
- Experience of working effectively in partnership with professionals from different disciplines
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).
The successful applicant will be required to register to the DBS Update Service to enable the Council to undertake rechecks throughout your employment. The cost to register is £13 and can be claimed back upon commencement to the role but will not be refunded if you do not accept the offer of employment.
If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council
NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).
Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.
About Us
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
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This opportunity is open to internal and external applicants and registered applications of the Get Oldham Working scheme. However, where a meaningful shortlist can be drawn from internal applications in the first instance, and residents of Oldham subsequently, these applicants shall be given priority access to the vacancy in line with the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy.
Please state if you are Registered to the Get Oldham Working scheme or an Oldham Resident in the Knowledge and Experience section of the application form.
Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy.
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£29,269
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permanent
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application deadline
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5th May 2024
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