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Safeguarding Children and MASH Practitioner

Employer
City of York Council
Location
York, North Yorkshire
Salary
£36,476 to £41,830 per annum
Closing date
20 Jan 2021

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Contract Type
Full time

Job Details

The City of York Council are offering an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly developing safeguarding children team working across the Healthy Child Service and the City of York Multiagency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic practitioner with a high level of experience in safeguarding children practice.

Healthy Child Service:

You will contribute to the provision of safeguarding advice, support, supervision and training to staff in the City of York Healthy Health Child Service. Additionally, you will represent the service at multiagency safeguarding meetings including strategy meetings and case conferences, MARAC meeting and meetings about children at risk of exploitation.

MASH:

You will work as part of a multi-agency integrated team contributing your expertise to the safeguarding management discussions within the Multi- Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

You will gather information from a wide range of health provider organisations utilising your knowledge and expertise to interpret this information and contribute towards the assessment of need, potential harm and risk to the children).

You will work collaboratively with partner agencies within the MASH to ensure robust, high quality, timely and effective practice to safeguard children.

You will have

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Up to date knowledge, skills and competencies within the multi-agency safeguarding children arena
  • Significant experience working with children and families where there are safeguarding children concerns
  • Experience in effective multi-agency and partnership working
  • Ability to build relationships with a wide range of colleagues
  • Skills to support effective challenge when there are differing professional opinions on the management of cases

In recognition of the challenging nature of this work you will be provided with both managementand peer support as well as regular supervision and relevant training.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express him/herself spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Helen Smithies (Lead Nurse – Safeguarding) at helen.smithies@york.gov.uk  or on 07923 228 284.

To apply please visit :  https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916309330

Closing date: Wednesday 20 January 2021 at 12 midnight

Interview date: Wednesday 10 February 2021

Job Description

Company

The City of York has a rich history stretching back nearly 2000 years; George VI once said that: 'The history of York is the history of England'. York has a wealth of heritage and history. York attracts over four million visitors a year and popular destinations include York Minster, which is the largest Gothic cathedral in Europe, the Castle Museum, the National Railway Museum and the Jorvik Viking Centre. Tourism is an important industry in York and the city also has a thriving bioscience, technology and research sector, centred on the City's Science Park. Other major employers include Nestle, City of York Council and York Hospitals NHS Trust. York has excellent transport links, being on the East Coast Mainline and close to the A1M. From York seaside resorts such as Scarborough, Whitby and Filey or the North York Moors National Park are a short journey by road or rail.

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