Senior Practitioner - MASH

Luton Borough Council; Luton; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 45,000

Job description

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About the job

Salary: £41,511 - £44,711 a year plus £5,500 market supplement and £963 essential car user allowance (subject to criteria)
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent

Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families? Join our MASH team as a Senior Practitioner!

As a MASH Senior Practitioner, you will be providing essential support to the most vulnerable and at-risk children and families. Your role will include assessing contacts from various sources, prioritising urgent cases, and ensuring that timely, high-quality action is taken by signposting to the appropriate teams and services. This role is critical to our commitment to safeguarding children, and you'll play a key role in shaping the safety and welfare of young lives every day.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Act as a key contact point, managing all incoming social care queries via phone and written communication.
• Swiftly assess and prioritise cases, identifying those in urgent need and making appropriate recommendations.
• Provide high-level advice, guidance, and support to colleagues, ensuring all cases are efficiently transferred or handled by the relevant services.
• Mentor, coach, and guide team members, sharing best practices to continually raise professional standards across the MASH.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships within the MASH and externally to ensure cohesive and effective interventions.

About you

As a valued part of our MASH team, you'll work alongside dedicated professionals in a dynamic, supportive environment committed to protecting children and supporting families. You'll have opportunities for professional growth, a robust support network, and the chance to make a profound impact! We are looking for:

• Experienced Professional: You bring substantial post-qualifying experience in children's social care, with deep knowledge in safeguarding and risk management.
• Passionate Mentor: You have demonstrable experience in coaching, mentoring, and practice teaching, sharing your expertise to uplift team standards.
• Skilled Communicator: Known for your ability to build meaningful relationships across teams, you can communicate effectively with staff, public, and professionals alike.
• Solution-Oriented: Your practice is defined by a commitment to delivering exceptional support, with a proven aptitude for effective decision-making in complex and sensitive cases.
• Collaborative Team Player: Your commitment to the highest professional standards goes hand-in-hand with your ability to work collaboratively and provide critical guidance within a multi-agency framework.

Ready to make a difference?

Apply today and be part of a team that puts the welfare and safety of children at the heart of everything we do.

Application process

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person's criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.