Job description
Our MASH/Safeguarding Hub service brings together a range of statutory and non-statutory resources involved in supporting and safeguarding the welfare of children in the City of Sheffield. We work together to provide the highest level of knowledge and analysis, ensuring that activity and intervention is timely, proportionate and necessary.
In this role of Advanced Social Work Practitioner (ASWP), you will work as a key member of a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub with the primary function of undertaking screening and responding to all new referrals into children’s social care. The Safeguarding Hub is the first point of contact for children, young people and families in need or in need of safeguarding within the City of Sheffield. You will be a member of a team delivering high quality and effective services to children, young people, and their families/carers. Additionally, you will promote and safeguard the welfare of children who live in the city complying with relevant legislation and regulation, maintaining the highest professional standards and ensure the consistent application of the threshold to step up from early help to children’s social care.
ASWPs play a critical role in supporting their Senior Fieldwork Manager and are a leader within their team, providing operational support across all screening activities alongside tasks that support the continuous service improvement of the hub with targeted thematic work. As an ASWP you will be required to hold a complex caseload and will undertake high risk casework and be able to make robust decisions in keeping children safe.

You will also:

• Provide support and social work guidance to other team members
• Be the development lead for their team, supporting their manager with staff inductions, buddying and informal support plans for staff
• Provide formal monthly peer supervision for each team
• Attendance at Multi Agency Pregnancy Liaison Action Group MAPLAG (Fortnightly)
• Represent C&F at Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)
• Pre triaging through prioritisation and support to the manager overseeing the inbox where written referrals require action
• Ownership of the Sheffield Safeguarding Hub Development Plan
• Support managers with the thematic auditing programme

• Deliver presentations to the staff group at the monthly worksite meeting with research, good practice and learning and development

  Applications for this exciting role are welcomed from qualified and SWE registered experienced social workers with significant experience in statutory services who have strong communication, engagement and analytical skills to allow them to safeguard children & young people and engage effectively with a wide range of agencies. You will have a sound knowledge of relevant legislation and experience of working in a frontline statutory team with a thorough understanding of thresholds and universal services. You will ensure that you apply consistently high standards to ensure better outcomes for children and their families.
  You will need experience and skills in multi-agency partnership working across Children’s Services and be able to promote co-operation, working together with other organisations and service users as the means of shaping, developing and delivering services.
  The successful candidate will have access to:
  Excellent learning and development opportunities.
  Retention of continuous service benefits, for those moving from a local government post.
  A clear progression pathway.
  Tools and models to support practice, including Signs of Safety
  Reflective supervision
  Working in a fun and supportive environment
  Excellent continuing professional development opportunities
  Further information from Victoria.Hancock@sheffield.gov.uk
  We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
  It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
  Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
  Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
  If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
  Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

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