Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding Front Door / MASH

Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding Front Door / MASH

• Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

• Authority: Sheffield City Council (Children's Services)

• Pay Rate: £35.00 per hour (Umbrella)

• Contract: Full-Time (37 hours/week) | Funded until end of March 2027

• Working Pattern: Hybrid working arrangements in place

Are you a highly experienced frontline Social Work Advanced Practitioner with a proven track record in fast-paced MASH or screening environments?

Sheffield City Council is recruiting an Advanced Practitioner to join their Safeguarding Front Door Team (MASH). Offering £35.00 per hour with contract security funded through to March 2027, this role is ideal for a skilled practitioner who excels at risk assessment, multi-agency analysis, and child-centred decision-making at pace.

• Front Door Triage & Assessment: Triage incoming safeguarding contacts, synthesize information from multiple agencies, and ensure vulnerable children receive the right service at the right time.

• Risk Management & Safety Planning: Apply clear statutory threshold frameworks, conduct robust risk assessments, and co-produce actionable safety plans.

• Signs of Safety Practice: Utilize Sheffield's core Signs of Safety practice framework to inform multi-agency decision-making and strengths-based planning.

• High-Pace Systems Work: Navigate and record information efficiently using the Liquid Logic social care system within a dynamic, fast-paced team setting.

• Registration & Experience: Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England (SWE) with significant frontline fieldwork and Advanced Practitioner experience.

• MASH / Screening Expertise: Essential prior experience working within a MASH or Front Door screening team, demonstrating the ability to work effectively at pace.

• Core Competencies: Clear, in-depth understanding of statutory safeguarding thresholds, high-level risk analysis, and safety planning.

• Systems & Practice Frameworks: Experience with Liquid Logic and the Signs of Safety model is highly advantageous.

• Long-Term Security: Rare locum contract stability funded until end of March 2027.

• Competitive Rate: £35.00 per hour for a 37-hour working week.

• Hybrid Flexibility: Modern hybrid working arrangements supporting work-life balance.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Children services

skills

be able to manage challenging situations

qualifications

university

education

BA in social work