Senior Practitioner – MASH Team

Location: Luton, Bedfordshire.
Hours per week: 37.
Contract type: Permanent.
Salary: 35.00 per hour.

Nations Recruitment has a permanent job vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Senior
Practitioner to work within a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) based in Luton. The ideal
candidates will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice and be
registered with the HCPC.

Job Summary:
In this vital role, you’ll help children, young people and their families to live safely and happily. It
means receiving, handling and signposting all initial children’s social care contacts coming through
the Hub.
As part of this, you’ll prioritise the most vulnerable or at-risk individuals, and give specialist advice
for next steps. Where necessary, you’ll also make sure contacts are handed over to the relevant
services in a swift, efficient way.
This is about managing complex and unique caseloads with warmth, care and uncompromising
values.
You’ll work closely with the senior MASH officer to provide safeguarding guidance, and liaise with
other agencies such as the Border Force.
There’s plenty of opportunity to step up in your career or to consolidate your experience. We’re
passionate about helping you develop your career through regular supervision, coaching and
mentoring. We are proud of the rapid achievements we have made to date. We work SMART and we
strive for the best.

Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:
Recognised and relevant professional qualification e.g. DipSW, CQSW, CSS.
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Significant post qualification experience in a Local Authority child protection children’s services
setting.
MASH experience