Early Help Liaison Officer X2 - Aylesbury, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council

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Aylesbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Salary
£30,298 - £31,611

Reference number
BUC07773

Contract type
Permanent

Working hours
Full Time

Level of DBS check required
Enhanced

Date posted
28 Mar 2023, 11 p.m.

Application deadline
5 Apr 2023

Overview:

Buckinghamshire Council have an exciting opportunity for an Early Help Liaison Officer based within Buckinghamshire Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

The MASH is the front door to children's services and has a key role to play in supporting children, young people and their families across Buckinghamshire.

About us:

In April 2020 Buckinghamshire Council became the UK's newest council and the residents of Buckinghamshire will be served by a single, unitary council.

Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty and ranks as one of the top rural areas to live in the UK and yet it is incredibly well connected
- only an hour from London on the train. The county has a rich history and heritage and is the birthplace of the international Paralympic movement.

We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.

Not only will you be an integral part of the unique and exciting transition through the unitary process, you will also be entitled to a range of different benefits to make sure you are happy both at work and at home.

About the role:

The successful applicant will be able to make informed threshold recommendations based on information available and/or gathered via enquiries.

You will work closelywith multi-agency partnersto make effective, well-informed and prompt decisions around appropriate thresholds and ensure referrals requesting support are quality assured and ready for progression to early help teams.

You will follow management direction and within statutory timescales make appropriate enquiries with families, young people if appropriate, referrers and partner agencies to ascertain the need of support pathway.

You will have a good knowledge and understanding ofthe Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Children's Partnership continuum of need (thresholds) and the full extent of the Buckinghamshire Early Help partnership offer.

You will make recommendations about the appropriate package of support for families and will be confident in liaising with partner organisations where appropriate.

You will be available for responding to calls from professionals and members of the public, who are seeking advice to ascertain thresholds of need.

You will be able to distinguish what information you require to assist you in providing this advice.

About you:

Attention to detail and accurate record creation are also required.
A sound understanding of the BSCP's continuum of need (thresholds) and the range of early help support available to children, young people and families is necessary to be effective in this role.
Applicants must be able to represent the best interests of these vulnerable service users during threshold discussions with colleagues in First Response, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and other service areas, to ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time.

Other information:

Our values:

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are - Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

fair and inclusive culture

- the chance to really make a difference to those around you
- health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
- a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
- ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
- opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

We recognise and reward you:

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That's why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. We also offer a salary sacrifice personal car lease scheme and the opportunity to gain membership to Costco. We have discounted gym memberships, Travel discounts with Arriva and Chiltern Railways and much more.